the biology of beauty

... race against the media and surely alsoagainst other people. The future of the adapted mind is the creation of artificial people.XIII. THE FUTURE OF THE ADAPTED MINDA feature of the adapted mind ... rise to the evolution of such bizarre traits as the antlers of stags, the horns of antelopes, the tail of the peacock (Pavo cristatus), bird song, frog croaks, and the extravagant colours of many ... andsexiness of body odour for female subjects. Moreover, the more symmetric the body of a woman, the moresexy her smell. Men rated the smell of women asmore erotic, the more attractive their faces...

... perhaps the most supported part of beauty in this article. The article states thatsymmetry shows abundance of sexual hormones, health, and strength of the immune system. They support their hypothesis ... Summary of The Biology of Beauty Many articles are written bymodern psychologists and psychoanalysts that stress the importance of beauty in human and animal breeding ... sucharticle The Biology of Beauty suggests this importance and backs it upwith many facts and figures as well as surveys on normal people. The article states many theories and hypotheses and...

... to them bycorrect living and the necessary facial massage. The skin of the face wrinkles exactly for the same reason and by the same mechanism that the skin of an applewrinkles. The pulp of the ... Surely theyproved the wisdom of them in their own incomparable beauty. Speaking of baths reminds me of Mme. Tallien, the beautiful French woman, who lived in the time of the firstNapoleon. ... soap are necessary. The shock of cold water immediately closes the pores, and they then retain all the impurities that they should castout. The temperature of the water for the daily tepid bath...

... form. The plastic arts begin, The Sense of Beauty 98therefore, with adventitious ornament and with symbolism. The aesthetic pleasure is in the richness of the material, the profusion of the ornament, ... possible being. The religious imagination. The Sense of Beauty 111§ 47. The greatest of these creations hare not been the work of anyone man. They have been the slow product of the pious and ... establish themselves, and the eye becomes accustomedto them. The line of use, by habit of apperception, becomes the line of beauty. A striking example may be found in the pediment of the Greek...

... in the mineralogy of rocks, therefore, stronglyinfluences the type of soils that are formed and the character of the vegetation that they support (Fig. 1.4). Soils formed from weathering of basic ... Bay, on the coast of southeast Alaska, is one of the best known places for research on soil and ecosystem development because of the continuous retreat of the glaciers since 1794. Furthermore, ... chronology over a period of 200 years. The map of the Glacier Bayfjord complex shows the rate of ice retreat since 1760. The dashed linesshow the approximate edge of the ice in 1760 and in 1860.010kmPioneerDryasCANADAALASKA(USA)ACDBAlderSpruceBrearTrackCoveBartlettCoveGlacier...

... expansion of tourist sites, and the accumulation of pesticides from agricultural activities in the island may affect the life cycle of the species. It seems to be the first record of Macrobrachium ... Hồ (1976) The larval development of the prawns Macrobrachium equidens and Macrobrachium sp. (Decapoda : Palaemonidae), reared in the laboratory. Journal of Zoology. Proceedings of the Zoological ... characteristics of the adult fully-grown males are illustrated, notes on habitat and economic importance of the species are provided. This is an amphidromous species. Now the implementation of projects...

... globalization of the beauty industry between 1945 before 1980. It is preliminary as research is on-going, as is the framing of the major issues. It forms part of a book project on the globalization of the ... behind the growth of the beauty industry during these decades. The world wars introduced millions of soldiers to the importance of hygiene, eroded societal inhibitions about the use of cosmetics, ... pharmaceutical company Hoffman La Roche, which had a large vitamin business, entered the personal care industry when the synthesis of the vitamin pathenol led to the development of the hair lotion...

... (unit:C6h)1Æg)1FW):rCO2!Suc¼ rNetPhotosynthesisÀrCO2!StarchRatesof net photosynthesis (rNetPhotosynthesis) were calcu-lated as the average rate of carbon uptake during the firsthalf of the light phase (n = ... interconversion rates as a function of time of cold exposure, (b) comparison of the magnitudes of the various interconversion rates, and (c) lineup of the accessions with respect to their metabolic acclimationstrategies. ... 1). The rate of net starch synthesis (rCO2!Starch)was deter-mined by interpolation of measured starch contents(unit: C6) and calculation of the first derivative of thisfunction. The flux...

... sense of humour: the information฀demands฀in฀genomics฀are฀staggering. The genome฀contains฀two฀kinds of digital฀information,฀one฀that฀encodes the protein฀and฀RNA฀‘molecular฀machines of life’,฀and the other฀being the regulatory฀networks฀that฀specify฀how฀these฀genes฀are฀expressed฀in฀time,฀space฀and฀amplitude.฀DNA฀information฀is฀layered฀and฀arranged฀in฀a฀hierarchy,฀starting฀with the gene,฀then฀ the RNA,฀ then฀ the protein,฀ then฀ the protein฀ interactions,฀ then฀ the protein฀complexes,฀then the networks of protein฀complexes฀ in฀a฀ cell,฀then฀ the tissues฀ and฀organs,฀then the individual฀organism,฀followed฀by฀populations฀and the ecosystems฀in฀which฀they฀live.฀In฀this฀kind of discovery฀science,฀mastering฀such฀vast฀quantities of information฀to฀answer฀important฀questions฀is฀a฀skill฀and฀an฀art.And the hardware? The first฀automated฀sequencing฀machine฀took฀a฀day,฀in฀1986,฀to฀sequence฀250 of the three฀billion฀base฀pairs.฀It฀took the human฀genome฀project฀ten฀years฀to฀sequence the human฀genome,฀two฀years฀shorter฀than฀predicted;฀and the private฀company฀Celera฀with฀its฀so-called฀shotgun฀approach฀took฀less฀than the public฀consortium’s฀ ... was฀preserved฀in฀Arabic฀manuscripts’฀(Lewontin฀1995:฀148).฀There฀is฀no฀question฀that the libraries of Alexandria฀were฀central฀to the city฀and฀ the broad฀region฀including฀what฀today฀is the Middle-East,฀North฀Africa฀and฀much of Central฀and฀Western฀Europe;฀that฀they฀were฀not the only฀ones฀to฀exist฀but฀were฀part฀ of a฀larger฀set of institutions฀to฀emerge฀from the concatenations of cultural,฀scholarly฀and฀other฀areas of learning฀and฀application of what฀were฀then the advanced฀societies฀ of this฀part of the world. The agency of their฀ruin฀is฀not฀so฀certain,฀neither฀is฀it฀clear฀what฀it฀was฀in฀volume฀and฀substance฀ ... Or,฀perhaps,฀it฀related฀to฀trading฀with฀neighbours,฀or,฀more฀on฀a฀deeply฀existential฀level,฀observing the astronomical,฀with,฀as฀Georges฀Ifrah฀puts฀it฀so฀beautifully฀in the Universal฀history of numbers,฀a฀fascination฀with the regularity of the phases of the moon, the eternal฀return of day฀and฀night, the cycle of the seasons’฀or,฀we฀might฀add,฀given the context, the elliptical฀phases of the tides of great฀and฀marvellous฀oceans฀(Ifrah฀2000:฀xvi).In the history of counting, the San฀and฀Khoi฀perhaps฀joined฀other฀human฀beings฀and,฀in฀observing฀that฀birds฀have฀two฀wings,฀animals฀four฀legs,฀and฀they฀ten฀fingers฀to฀their฀hands฀and฀ten฀toes฀to฀their฀feet,฀developed฀a฀numbering฀system฀using฀their฀fingers฀or฀toes฀as the base฀ten, the most฀common฀type of counting฀found฀among฀earlier฀peoples.฀Or฀perhaps฀they฀joined the Mayans,฀Aztecs,฀Celts฀and฀Basques฀who฀looked฀down฀at฀their฀feet฀and฀realised฀that฀their฀toes฀could฀be฀counted฀like฀fingers฀and฀chose the much฀more฀unusual฀arithmetic฀base of 20.SCI...

... at the moment of the emission or the ejaculation of the semen the numerous ducts empty their contents into the urethra to be mingled with and made a part of the semen. The secretion of the ... The external genitals of the human male consist of the penis and scrotum, the latter containing the testes. The penis of the young man who has completed the stage of puberty consists (1) of ... involves a division of the parent organism. In the case of the amoeba the division is into two equal portions. In the case of some of the lower plants and animals the substance of the parent organism...