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Jun 9, 2024 · Species that are not globally extinct are termed extant. Those species that are extant, yet are threatened with extinction, are referred to as threatened or endangered species. The dodo of Mauritius, shown here in a 1626 illustration by Roelant Savery, is an often-cited example of modern extinction.
5 days ago · The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., is the largest library in the world, with more than 170 million items, including a large collection of extant materials, such as original copies of the Declaration of Independence, the Gettysburg Address, and the U.S. Constitution.
Jun 8, 2024 · There are numerous extant structures that survive in the Orkney islands of Scotland, some of the best known of which are part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site. The list also contains many large buildings from the Egyptian Age of the Pyramids .
5 days ago · Cladistically included but traditionally excluded taxa. † Mammuthus Brookes, 1828. Elephants are the largest living land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant ( Loxodonta africana ), the African forest elephant ( L. cyclotis ), and the Asian elephant ( Elephas maximus ).
4 days ago · Social media research and ethics: what does the user want? by Wyke Stommel. Dr. Stommel brings clarity to the messy world of data collection on social media. See her previous Methodspace posts and interviews: Analysing Digital Interaction and Research Ethics & Extant Data. Ethics are a continuous challenge to language and discourse researchers ...
4 days ago · The absence of a band for α-helix in the amide II region, expected to be near 1,546 cm −1 (extremes: 1,545–1,550 cm −1) 2, in all of the spectra for feathers from extant birds (Table 1 ...
Jun 7, 2024 · Reeves, Jonathan and Plummer, Thomas and Finestone, Emma and Braun, David R. and Luncz, Lydia, Interpreting Early Stone Age percussive traces in the context of extant primate behavior (May 30, 2024).
5 days ago · Currently there are a slightly more than 1000 valid extant species known from the World Oceans, including Arctic and Antarctic seas. Taxonomic coverage of the database includes all currently known extant echinoid genera and species, as well as most of the valid fossil echinoid genera.
Jun 8, 2024 · Neither of the two extant strands of research on shadow education and curriculum have attended to curriculum as institutionalized formal education. To rectify this, it is useful to articulate concepts about the making and remaking of the content of formal education developed by Michael Connelly, Jean Clandinin, and Water Doyle to Bourdieusian theory.
5 days ago · Extant studies have shown the effects of introducing such monetary rewards on the outcomes of interest (e.g., participation and performance) on public platforms. However, little is known about the impact of canceling rewards (i.e., whether it simply reverses the effect of their introduction), and particularly less attention is paid to corporate platforms.
