- Exhibit 2 - The Minotaur and Other Hybrids in Ancient Greece
These concluding reflections proceed by way of three broad, though selective themes First, we consider the defining frameworks, reviewing the genesis and career of the old ‘generation’—the active making of humans and beasts, plants and even minerals—and of the modern ‘reproduction’—the more abstract process of perpetuating living organisms The emphasis is on the different
- A Tale of Two Chimeras: Applying the Six Principles to Human Brain . . .
Cerebral organoid models in-of-themselves are considered as an alternative to research animal models But their developmental and biological limitations currently inhibit the probability that organoids can fully replace animal models Furthermore, these organoid limitations have, somewhat ironically, brought researchers back to the animal model via xenotransplantation, thus creating hybrids
- Metamorphoses of Gods into Animals and Humans (Chapter 4) - The Gods of . . .
The Gods of Ancient Greece - July 2010 Is the hoary old cliché ‘good to think with’ still good to think with? In my view, yes One concept that certainly is (and was) good to think with is metamorphosis In antiquity it was good to think with about just two things, but because those two things are nothing less than the limits of humanity and the nature of the gods, that is, I think, quite
- Hybridizations within the Genus Schistosoma: implications for evolution . . .
The use of biochemical markers confirmed, however, some of the earlier phenotypic observations made on schistosome hybrids, albeit not of any apparent cases of pure animal schistosome species infecting humans, and furthermore revealed new hybridization between different species
- E. Aston Mixanthrôpoi: Animal-Human Hybrid Deities in Greek Religion . . .
E Aston Mixanthrôpoi: Animal-Human Hybrid Deities in Greek Religion (Kernos Supplément 25) Liège: Centre International d'Étude de la Religion Grecque Antique, 2011 Pp 383 €40 9782960071788
- Monotheism and Wisdom in the Hebrew Bible
Monotheism, belief in only one God, and wisdom, learning to cope by reason alone and teaching others to do so, faced resistance in the polytheistic world of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and lesser states including Israel Paradoxically, in early biblical wisdom (Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes) the deity was thought to be both human-like, with disturbing attributes, and increasingly
- Iconographic evidence of hybridisation between
In a sculpted frieze on a lintel of the so-called Temple of Allat at Hatra (second century AD), two rows of sitting camels converge towards a possible royal portrait The two lead animals were previously interpreted as Bactrian camels We reconsider this interpretation in light of recent information on ancient and contemporary practices of hybridisation between Camelus bactrianus and Camelus
- The ‘pheasant of the future’: Encountering and imagining Reeves . . .
This paper examines the presence of Reeves’ pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii) in Britain It investigates how encounters between British people and Reeves’ pheasant informed their imaginings of the species, from its first introduction into Britain from China in 1831 to 1913 when a serious decline in its numbers began Drawing on natural history texts, records from the Proceedings of the
- Genetic and morphology analysis among the pentaploid F1 hybrid fishes . . .
The formation of the polyploid hybrids from different subfamily fish crossings and its evolutionary significance Genetics 176, 1023 – 1034 CrossRef Google Scholar PubMed Ma, X and Gustafson, JP 2005 Genome evolution of allopolyploids: a process of cytological and genetic diploidization
- Ethical Solutions to the Problem of Organ Shortage
Organ shortage is a major survival issue for millions of people worldwide Globally 1 2 million people die each year from kidney failure In this paper, we critically examine and find lacking extant proposals for increasing organ supply, such as opting in and opt out for deceased donor organs, and parochial altruism and paired kidney exchange for live organs We defend two ethical solutions to
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