Essays on Lineage

Examining criminals and victimization

What two theories do you think would be most helpful in understanding the crimes of the author's bogeyman? Rational choice theory Social structure theory Are there elements that we still need to know to formulate a better understanding of the bogeyman's behavior? The social heritage of the bogeyman is particularly important in determining if there has been a criminal manifestation in their lineage. While crime remains a decision, it can as well be acquired from a criminal lineage. Some might find it very attractive when there is evidence within the family hierarchy of successful criminals. The socio-political environment at ...

Matrilineal kinship involves the tracing of a particular society’s descent from one’s mother’s lineage. It is a line of descent from a woman ancestor to a descendant of either male or female (Ferraro and Andreatta 56). Individuals in the preceding generations are all mothers. It also involves inheriting of property as well as titles from the mother’s lineage. Matrilocal residence also in other terms matrilocality is a phenomenon in which a family (husband, wife and their children) live close to the bride's parents. The children in such a family remain live in their maternal grandmother’ ...

Summary of the Genogram

The above genogram represents three generations all of which face hereditary health and social problems right from the original parents to the descendants. Through the above genogram, we can view the inherited patterns through the three generations. In the above genogram the health complications that affect the generations range from hereditary diseases such as diabetes, alcohol-caused diseases, and psychological problems. Firstly, the genogram represents three generations that result from three primary households. The first family originates from the marriage between Michael (1946-1992) and Susan (1948). The second household is that of Miguel (1939-1999) and Rosemary (1942). The last home ...

Over a period of 400 million years, animals in the vertebrate category have evolved to a diverse array of life adaptations on earth. Vertebrates represent animals that are most familiar with people and are used for food, adopted as pets and deployed for labor. They include fish, reptiles, birds, amphibians and mammals. The classification system that groups vertebrates according to each of the classes that have been mentioned above utilizes genetics, anatomy, and the evolutionary relationships. Animals are classified starting with the kingdom which is a large body that encompasses animals that have similar characteristics and end up with ...

The homosexual community in China faces discrimination and is treated with less respect as compared to the heterosexuals. The older people in China are rigid and refuse to change their negative perceptions towards the homosexuals. The older people perceive homosexuals as being sick and think homosexuals need to seek treatment. The homosexuals experience social stigma and pressure from their families, friends, colleagues, and the community as a whole (Preston 219). The homosexuals, thus, experience problems such as the fear to seek health services due to fear of stigmatization (Feng et al.). The marriage law bill, for the homosexuals, which ...

The gradual change in human structure, genetic composition, and anatomy over a period of time is called human evolution. The process of evolution dates back to six million years ago when the ancestors of modern human beings underwent simultaneous and gradual body changes. These changes were passed from one generation to another coupled with modifications. Modifications in genetic structure come by as a result of adaptations. Organisms usually undergo adaptations to help them reproduce or survive certain conditions in their habitat. Individuals inherit the most desirable characteristics from their ancestors that enable them survive and reproduce successfully. Those who ...

Kinship represents a system of societal organization that describes putative or real family ties. The concept is a human attribute that deeply relies on cultural extensions. While it remains common among many social sciences, kinship is increasingly popular in cultural anthropology. This essay describes descent and alliance as two significant concepts in cultural anthropology of kinship. Both terms encompass the primary forms of human relatedness. On one hand, the term alliance refers to the social relatedness that individuals form through marriage. Marriage-based alliances point to the necessity of interdependence for families and lineages. These marriages exist as a form ...

Introduction

Even though the concept of evolution is a typical narrative, it remains one of the most highly contentious of the topics. Major disagreements persist in the field, particularly when the evolutionary origin and physical modification of primates are the subject matter of discussion. Because of these differences, lots of significant finds in the field have attracted considerable amounts of opposition from experts depending on the species, or the side angle of evolution one recognizes (Ravosa and Dagosto). Disputes often center around locomotion and posture – whether a particular species was fully upright or could walk bipedally, brain size (intelligence), sexuality ...

The dynamism of the human nature corresponds to the different behaviors that come are persistent throughout the human life. It is depicted in how people react, interact, and behave in association to the apparent conditions in a worldwide scale. In exhibiting itself, the human nature cultivates different tendencies for many diverse behaviors. A given way of life of a given individual is interconnected to the biological nature or rather a composition of that particular person. Each culture has some biological force driving it to express itself in a given person. However, it should be noted that culture is something ...

Immunology

The rearrangement of T cell receptor (TCR) genes g and d occur in series of cells expressing variable Vg and Vd gene segments. The lymphoid precursor cells originate in the bone marrow and move to the thymus. Preliminary T cells are devoid of TCR, CD4 and CD8 molecules and are called double negative thymocytes . These double negative T cells may be further categorized into four phases of differentiation (DN1, CD44+CD25-; DN2, CD44+CD25+; DN3, CD44-CD25+; and DN4, CD44-CD25-) . CD44 is a cell adhesion molecule and CD25 serves as the IL-2 receptor. Passage into the DN2 and DN4 stages ...

Introduction

The Fourth National Mental Health Plan 2009-2014 resulted from a collaborative action in the Australian government. The plan was aimed at developing a mental health system at the early stages of the illness to ensure efficient recovery, detection, and prevention (Lawrence et al., 2015). In addition, the plan also aimed at ensuring that all the Australian people access appropriate and useful community support and treatment so that they could totally participate in the community activities (Commonwealth of Australia, 2009). The plan emphasizes the methods of reforming the mental health sections related to the policies developed by other portfolios in ...

Epigenetics is the process of studying cellular and physiological phenotypic characters within the field of genetics. The study falls within the subject of genetics and the phenotypic differences which are affected by the peripheral environmental matters. These factors are notorious for switching genes on and off and also affect the way in which genes are read by the cells. Therefore, Epigenetics is the study that seeks to establish the dynamics alterations in the transcriptional potential of the cell. The alternations in this case, may or may not be heritable, even though it is controversial to use the term epigenetics ...

The roles of women in Iraq and America compared to men are due to customs and traditions rather than religion. The rights of women in Iraq have improved through the years, their views and perception may still be old fashioned. And it is the main difference on Iraqi and American culture. Just like any other Asian countries, Iraq has very strong family ties. And the women are viewed as devoted and hard-working wives. Compared in America, women there take pride in being independent, expressing their own views and proving to that they can be capable of being more than ...

The Pokot is a tribe in Africa living in both Kenya and Uganda. However, most Pokots live in the Northern part of Kenyan Rift-Valley which lies along the Kenya /Uganda border. An interview with Daniel Lotodo, a 78 year old man from the community revealed a lot about the ethnography of the community The Pokot for a long time are predominantly pastoralists’. Their occupations of cattle keeping has been necessitated by environment factors. The area is semi arid and agricultural produce can hardly do well. However, through barter trade with neighboring communities such as the Samburu and the Marakwet, the society would ...

Part A.

There has been at least a dozen various human like species since the earliest homid species split from the ancestral line the humans shared with the apes. This was approximately 6 to 8 million years ago. Most of these homid human like creatures are just relatives to the human beings and are not their ancestors. Humans are more closely related to modern apes like gorillas and chimps more they are to the monkeys. It is believed that humankind shares a common ancestry line with the African apes, like chimps and gorillas. And it is believed that this common line of ancestry ...

Kinship is a relationship among any entities that have a common origin or genealogy. This may be either through biological, historical or cultural decent. The kinship system includes people correlated both by marriage and descent. Through marriage, the kinship concerned is referred to as ‘affinity’ in contrast to ‘consagunguinity’ also called ‘descent’. Kinship is one of the most basic component and principles for individual organizations into social groups, categories, roles, and genealogy. Various communities or social settings have different kinship organizations in regard to their ancestral preferences or their social and/or geographical settings. The Chinese kinship organization is one among ...