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Founded in 1946, Palomar College is a public two-year community college in the city of San Marcos, located in north San Diego County, California. Palomar offers over 300 associate degree, certificate programs and is designated by the U.S. Department of Education as an Hispanic-Serving Institution ...
Any remains or traces of ancient organisms. Often fossils are mineralized bone, though they have also been found in the form of casts, molds, animal tracks, frozen or desiccated bodies, and creatures trapped in amber.
Industry:Anthropology
Any of two or more forms of an element that differ in terms of atomic mass but have the same atomic number--for example, carbon-12, carbon-13, and carbon-14 are all isotopes of carbon.
Industry:Anthropology
Any of the different varieties of humanity assumed by some people to exist, based on the discredited typological model of human variation. Such "races" are commonly distinguished on the basis of visibly observable traits such as skin color, hair form, and body shape. From a biological perspective, the term race should be reserved for distinct varieties or sub-species. In the U. S. And other nations that use the concept of race, it refers mainly to culturally created realities rather than biological differences.
Industry:Anthropology
Any of several reddish-orange organic pigments. While carotene is present in human skin, it is also found in higher concentrations in butter, carrots, and some other vegetables. Carotene is involved in the synthesis of vitamin A in people and other animals.
Industry:Anthropology
Any of several disorders in which one's antibodies attack his/her own body tissues. Lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, and even common allergies are caused by such autoimmune reactions.
Industry:Anthropology
Any of a large number of organic molecules that are composed of one or more chains of amino acids. These chains are twisted and folded back on themselves in complex patterns. Proteins can serve a wide variety of functions through their ability to bind to other molecules. Proteins may be transporting molecules in blood, structural components, enzymes, hormones, antibodies, or neurotransmitters.
Industry:Anthropology
Any of a group of inherited progressive muscle disorders caused by a defect in one or more genes that control muscle function. MD is characterized by a gradual, irreversible wasting of skeletal muscle. It is a sex-linked trait most often passed on to sons by their mothers. The most common form, Duchenne MD, begins to weaken the legs of boys by age 3 and inevitably gets worse with each passing year. There is no cure for this disorder, and it usually results in death before the age of 30.
Industry:Anthropology
Any chromosome other than a sex chromosome. Human somatic cells have 22 pairs of autosomes and 1 pair of sex chromosomes.
Industry:Anthropology
Animals that have a variety of specialized teeth (incisors, canines, premolars, and molars). Mammals are heterodonts.
Industry:Anthropology
Animals in the mammalian order Insectivora. They were named for their adaptation to eating insects. The insectivores were among the earliest of the placental mammals to evolve.
Industry:Anthropology
