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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 ...
Relating to the stomach and the intestines--the lower digestive tract.
Industry:Anthropology
Regular consumption of too many calories. Prolonged over nourishment can result in chronic obesity, which is associated with higher risks for type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and some kinds of cancer. See malnourishment.
Industry:Anthropology
Referring to the usually warmest climatic regions. They are mostly found within 20°-30° latitude from the Equator. All human evolution until relatively late Homo erectus occurred in the tropics, especially in Africa. See subtropical and temperate.
Industry:Anthropology
Referring to walking and running on two feet. Humans are the only fully bipedal primates today.
Industry:Anthropology
Referring to the temple regions high on the sides towards the front of the head.
Industry:Anthropology
Referring to the position in a site where an object was originally deposited. Finding an artifact or fossil in primary context allows a researcher to apply the principle of association in dating and interpreting it. This cannot be done if the object is in a secondary context, which is to say that it was moved to a new location after the original deposition.
Industry:Anthropology
Referring to the physical moldability of an organism as it is developing. This flexibility allows environmental forces to alter the genetically predetermined shape of our bodies to some extent. Example: permanent changes in the shape and position of foot bones resulting from the old Chinese practice of binding, or tightly wrapping, the feet of girls.
Industry:Anthropology
Referring to the over 100 antigens on the surface of human body tissue cells that can be recognized by some kinds of leukocytes and potentially lead to the rejection of these tissues if they are alien. The HLA system has the most genes of any other known human multiple-allele series. There are at least 30,000,000 possible HLA genotypes. When organ transplants fail, it is usually due to HLA incompatibility. This can be prevented by making sure that the donor and the recipient have the same or very similar HLA types. Immunosuppressant drugs also are now available to restrain the HLA system and thereby allow successful transplants when there is an HLA incompatibility between donor and recipient. HLA stands for "human leukocyte antigen".
Industry:Anthropology
Referring to the organic or bodily processes of an organism. See anatomy.
Industry:Anthropology
