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Blood vessel

2007-07-08T18:14:54Z

Glorifindel: New page: A blood vessel is a struture that is part of the circulatory system. Blood vessels carry blood to and from all of the parts of the body bringing nutrients and oxygen and removing waste and...

A blood vessel is a struture that is part of the circulatory system. Blood vessels carry blood to and from all of the parts of the body bringing nutrients and oxygen and removing waste and carbon dioxide. There are generally considered to be three types of blood vessels, arteries, veins, and capillaries.

Arteries carry blood away from the heart. The blood in arteries is higher pressure than the blood in veins. Arteries usually carry red, oxygenated blood although there is one exeption. The pulmonary arteries carry deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs.

Veins carry blood towards the heart. The blood in veins is low pressure. Veins usually carry deoxygenated blood. The pulmonary veins which carry blood from the lungs back to the heart are an exeption.

Capillaries are the tiny blood vessels that transfer oxygen and neutrients to the cells of the body. Here the walls of the blood vessels can be as thin as one cell thickness.

Sauron

2007-07-08T18:03:39Z

Glorifindel: New page: Sauron is the evil Dark Lord who is the main antagonist of the Lord of the Rings series. Sauron was originally a servant of the fallen valar Morgoth. In the second age Sauron created the r...

Sauron is the evil Dark Lord who is the main antagonist of the Lord of the Rings series. Sauron was originally a servant of the fallen valar Morgoth. In the second age Sauron created the rings of power: nine for men, seven for the dwarves and three for the elves. Then unknown to the bearers of these rings he created another ring, the one ring to rule them all. He used this ring to control Middle-earth. He was conquered at the end of the second age by Isildur who cut off Sauron's finger thus depriving him of the power of the ring. Sauron however was not completely vanquished since Isildur would not distroy the One Ring. Sauron later attempts to regain his power and his ring, but he is thwarted by the efforts of Frodo Baggins and the Fellowship of the Ring who finally manage to distroy the ring by throwing it into the fires of Mount Doom.

Small intestine

2007-07-08T17:45:58Z

Glorifindel: New page: The small intestine is an organ that is part of the digestive system. This is the section of the digestive system where most of the absorption of nutrients takes place. There are three par...

The small intestine is an organ that is part of the digestive system. This is the section of the digestive system where most of the absorption of nutrients takes place. There are three parts of the small intestine, the duodenum, the jejunum and the ileum. The duodenum is the first ten inches of the small intestine and is where the common bile duct connects to the small intestine.

Eleanor of Aquitaine

2007-07-08T05:33:00Z

Glorifindel:

'''Eleanor of Aquitaine''' (1122-1204), Queen of France (1137-1152) as wife of Louis VII. Queen of England (1154-1189) as wife of Henry II. Mother of the Kings of England, Richard I and John.

At 15 she entered an arranged marriage with Louis, which was to suffer from incompatibility and the fact that no sons were produced. She did however bear two daughters by this marriage Marie and Alix. It broke down when she accompanied him to Palestine on the Second Crusade (1147-49). As heiress to the rich and powerful lands of Aquitaine, as holder of the most glittering court in Europe, and as a woman of immense spirit, she was able to gain a divorce from Louis and married the young Henry of Anjou, soon to be king of England. She brought with her her extensive possessions, many of which were to be controlled by the English crown until the 15th century. She was to bear him 8 children William, Henry, Richard (later know as King Richard the Lionhearted), Geoffrey, John, Matilda, Eleanor, and Johnna.

The marriage became stressed, and in 1173 she joined her sons in a revolt against their father. She was captured by Henry and confined in England until his death (prematurely, it seems, because of the constant struggle with his offspring) in 1189. Thereafter she supported King Richard at home whilst he was abroad, and after his death in 1199, she assisted in procuring the throne for Henry's remaining son, John. At the age of eighty she was still involved in the politics of the day.

She was intelligent, interested in the arts, and beautiful. She presided over a golden age in the cultural history of southern France. Many of the songs and lyrics of the [[troubadour]]s of her court are extant today.

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Homo sapiens

2007-07-08T05:24:10Z

Glorifindel:

{{Taxonomy|name=Human|image=Billy_sunday.jpg|kingdom=Animalia|phylum=Chordata|subphylum=Vertebrate|class=Mammalia|order=Primate|family=Hominidae|genus=homo|species=sapiens}}
Humans, or human beings, are classified by biologists as '''''homo sapiens''''', from the [[Latin]] ''homo'' meaning "man", and ''sapiens'' meaning "wise",<ref>[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=Homo+sapiens&searchmode=term Online Etymology Dictionary]</ref>. Modern humans are more specifically classified as homo sapiens sapiens.

Humans are characterized by a highly developed brain capable of abstract reasoning, language, and introspection. This mental capability, combined with a body suitable for standing erect such that their upper limbs are free to manipulating objects, allows humans to make far greater use of tools than any other species.
The design of the larynx gives a physiological capacity for speech. Consciousness is of unknown source; speculations include being an emergent property of a complex brain and the mind existing independently of the body.

Humans have more hair follicles than chimpanzees, one of the next most similar species, but shorter finer hair in most body areas makes this hard to see. Hair and skin colour varies according to the amount of melanin, a pigment that helps protect skin from the sun. Originally an adaptation to climate, pigment variation is now found globally.

Humans now inhabit every continent including [[Antarctica]], with a total population of over 6.5 billion as of 2007.

Evolutionists believe that "modern" humans have been around for approximately 130,000 years<ref>Alemseged Z, Coppens Y, Geraads D (2002). "Hominid cranium from Omo: Description and taxonomy of Omo-323-1976-896". Am J Phys Anthropol 117 (2): 103-12.</ref>. Creationists believe that humans have been around since the sixth day of creation.

==Tool use==
Because humans are bipeds with opposable thumbs, they can create tools more skillfully than other species. Humans inhabit almost all areas of the planet, using technology to overcome inhospitable environments. They are the only species to deliberately control fire to cook food.

Human thirst for knowledge and tool-building capacity has led to many ways of investigating and exploring the universe and culture. These include the scientific method, philosophy, art, and literature.

==Social organization==
Human self-expression has led to complex competitive and co-operative social groups. Some groups are based around abstract symbols or arbitrary land divisions associated with group history, others around perceived genetic or philosophical differences. Humans may belong to several groups simultaneously. Competition for resources plus greed leads to wars, and the human capacity for tool-building to improved technology with which to fight them.

== Longevity ==
Humans in modern times have been known to live to ages of just over 100 years, although much greater ages have been recorded in the distant past.
According to the [[Bible]], pre-[[great flood|flood]] people sometimes lived for over 900 years, although this was a a massive reduction on the intention that people would not die.
According to certain Creationist and Jewish views, God subsequently limited the lifespan of man to 120 years. ({{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=6|verses=3}} and the lifespan of [[Moses]] in {{Bible ref|book=Deuteronomy|chap=34|verses=7}}), although other creationists believe that the Genesis verse is not referring to an age limit for humans. The oldest human ever documented in modern times was Jeanne Calment who lived to be 122.

== The Origins of Man according to Creationists ==

A large number of [[Christian|Christians]], Jews, Muslims and [[Creationism|Creationists]] have postulated that Homo sapiens were created in [[God|God's]] image on day 6 of [[creation]].[http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/2313]
:''And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.'' ([[Genesis]] 1:26-27)

:''And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.'' (Genesis 2:7)

The first man was [[Adam]].
:''And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.'' (Genesis 2:15)
The first woman, [[Eve]], was made from one of his ribs.
:''And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.'' (Genesis 2:22)

Because of the sinful nature of man about 2350 B.C (according to the [[Young Earth Creationist]] view) [[God]] sent a [[Great Flood]] which annihilated all the people on Earth except for the then 600 year old [[Noah]] and his family. All people alive today are descendants of [[Family of Noah|Noah and his family]].

==The Origins of Man according to Evolutionary Biologists and Anthropologists==

In more recent times rationalists, [[Theory of evolution|evolutionists]] and scientists in the fields of biology and more specifically, anthropology, have postulated that humans have been around in anatomically modern form for approximately 130,000 years<ref>Alemseged Z, Coppens Y, Geraads D (2002). "Hominid cranium from Omo: Description and taxonomy of Omo-323-1976-896". Am J Phys Anthropol 117 (2): 103-12.</ref>. One version of the this theory maintains homo sapiens evolved from [[Homo ergaster]] or [[Homo erectus|erectus]], and from other earlier primates. Humans' closest living relative is the [[chimpanzee]]. However, despite sharing 98.4% of their DNA sequence and a common ancestor six million years ago, the genetic difference between chimpanzees and humans is 10 times greater than between unrelated humans. <ref> http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/238852_chimp01.html</ref>

==The origins of Man according to non-Abrahamic religions==
Myths about the creation of mankind are an important method by which anthropologists may discover more about the societies they are studying, as they show the important facets of human life to that culture. A list of creation myths in various cultures can be found at <ref>http://www.plesiosaur.com/creationism/creationmyths/index.php</ref>. Some notable myths are presented below.

===Hindu===
According to Hindus, humans were created from a part of the cut up body of Purusha.

===Iroquois===
According to the Iroquois, humans came about fully formed in the Sky World before descending through a hole caused by the uprooting of a tree into a lower world, originally a sea, which the humans manipulated by sending creatures to dive to the sea bottom and bring up mud for the creation of earth on which they could dwell.

===China===
Various creation myths exist in China, the most popular being the story of Nuwa. Nuwa was a lonely goddess, who one day looked in a pool and decided to create figures from mud based on her image in the water; creating many figures of grown ups, children, males and females (where the inspiration for males and children came from is not explained) and blowing on them to give them life (the idea here being that breath is the most important thing to all humans), Nuwa saw that the world became much livelier, and she appreciated it. She decided, too, that creating humans one-by-one was too slow, so she picked up a rope and whipped it into the mud, and many figures tumbled out, which she again blew on to give them life. This kind of creation of humans is common in cultures that have a strong pottery tradition. In the pre-modern Chinese scientific tradition, no creator is ascribed to creation - simply, one became two, two became three, and three generated all things in the universe, and this includes humans.

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