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    and humans has brought to light the similarities between the human and canine brains. Examples include having a theory of mind, sentience, the possession of mirror neurons, and the ability to generate emotions and respond emotionally. The origin of these similarities have yet to be explained. One theory states that the similarities could have developed in both humans and dogs, and then strengthened when dogs were domesticated and perfected their social functions in order to adapt to a human dominated

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    A Human Workout

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    a strenuous morning swim in his Selkie form, he enjoyed his version of a human workout. He climbed out of the water and shed his Selkie skin. He then hid his skin in one of the concealed crevices of the rock pillars. He dove back into the water in his human form and swam to shore to get his trunks he kept in the sea cave. Kendrick knew his Selkie pelt would be safe there as the waves crashed with such force that humans would not try to swim out to the rocks. Boats would never be able to come

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    The Human Girl

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    first glimpse of the human girl, Banni the dragon fell immediately in love. It didn 't matter that the object of his infatuation was small and had no scales or claws. It didn 't matter that she walked on two legs and possessed no wings at all. It didn 't even matter that she could not breathe fire, which was a dragon 's pride and glory. To Banni, the human girl was the most beautiful creature he had ever laid eyes on. Ever since he was a hatchling, Banni had been fascinated by humans. He would always

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    Human Dignity

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    Our existence as human being is complementary with our missions or goals in life. It somehow tells us what we want, what we need, and what we aspire of in due period of time. Personally, I do believe that those reasons of our existence, being alive, here and now are primarily based on that goal. Unless we might say, it is the need of the rope. Stop! And life is just until there. Absolutely, it could not be. If then, one might be foolish to do or to be such. Most probably, the way we crave for something

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    Human Bipedalism

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    The narratives of human evolution are one of the oft-told scientific stories whenever the topic of the origin of man crops up. However, this topic is also one of the thorniest and most highly contentious. There are major disagreements in the manner in which man first came to be, and every interpretation of almost every new find on the matter will be sure to find opposition among scholars on the field (Harcourt-Smith & Aiello, 2004). While there are numerous causes of disputes on the matter such

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    Human Intuition

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    The human mind is an obscure, complex object to understand and interpret. The brain itself is fascinating and mysterious, and it holds many valuable features hidden and not realized by the conscious human mind. Many unexplainable phenomena have been associated in life and in literature through the mind's workings. Psychologists develop reasons why people do certain things that they do, but with every human being's perception being so unique and varied, there is still much left to explore of the

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    Human Chimerism

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    throughout the body to make sure it chimerism or other diseases that can get into the body of the people. Human chimerism is inspired by the popular culture. An example , is the novel written by Michael Crichto.CSI and House has to TV shows that showed is a short statement about chimerism. The public revere some intense about “ scientific plotlines “, but how realistic are they? The fact of having human chimerism is rare. In 2003 there was a study of chimera and

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    Is The Human Race?

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    positive cognition, Sigmund Freud, a neurologist and initiator of the concept of psychoanalysis, acquainted civilization as being something inadequate. Thus, civilization enables the human race to feel genuine happiness by outlawing actions that come instinctively by our individual psyche. Freud argues that the human race was born inherently savage, meaning that each individual has inborn instincts that make them barbaric. In his book, Civilization and Its Discontents, he states, “The element of

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    Human Condition

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    One of the funny things about human nature is that no matter where we live, what our cultural backgrounds are, or how we were raised, citizens in every country of the world tend to share the same overall "tastes". This can be seen particularly in what some might label as "vices"; those activities which could lead us into trouble if we were to not monitor them carefully. Drinking, smoking, and entertainment are some things that human cultures throughout history have engaged in in one form or another

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    Humans by comparing themselves to nature around them, they can detect their natural connection to the animal world with which they share most of their vital functions. They also have realized that they are unique and emerging over the rest of the natural world. Human beings are the subject of a specific phenomenology which belongs to them only, and whose origin raises critical questions when considered in the context of their habitat, of the Earth, and in the larger sense of things; the universe

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