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Forever Young: Upon Reading Growing Young By Ashley Montagu, Raymond Coppinger, Charles Smith
Forever Young: Upon Reading Growing Young By Ashley Montagu, Raymond Coppinger, Charles Smith
Charles Kay Smith
We argue that the evolutionary process of neoteny -- the natural selection of regulatory gene mutations that retain a youthful ontogenetic system of physiological and behavioral characteristics, and thus never activates the full species-specific features of the ancestors’ adulthood. The resulting new behavio-morph retains infant/young features throughout ontogeny and never displays the adult behavior or physiology of the adult ancestor. This kind of neotenic adulthood defines the human character. We not only inherit our ancestors’ youthful anatomy and physiology but the ancestors’ youthful motivations and proclivities such as docility and social dependency, curiosity and learning as well. We retain our …
The Pulley, The Memoir Of A Bronx Industry, Joel Halpern
The Pulley, The Memoir Of A Bronx Industry, Joel Halpern
Emeritus Faculty Author Gallery
Just as neighbourhoods provided a setting for the interaction of different religious and ethnic groups, so too did the place of employment. Successful neighborhodds have had a sense of community of shared spirit, about them. The same was true for successful industrial enterprises.
River Road Through Laos: Reflections Of The Mekong, James A. Hafner, Joel M. Halpern, Barbara Kerewsky-Halpern
River Road Through Laos: Reflections Of The Mekong, James A. Hafner, Joel M. Halpern, Barbara Kerewsky-Halpern
Asian Language & Literature Occasional Papers
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Three Contributions To The Study Of Socialist Czechoslovakia, Zdenek Salzmann
Three Contributions To The Study Of Socialist Czechoslovakia, Zdenek Salzmann
Research Report 22: Three Contributions to the Study of Socialist Czechoslovakia
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The Pulley, The Memoir Of A Bronx Industry, Joel Halpern
The Pulley, The Memoir Of A Bronx Industry, Joel Halpern
Joel M. Halpern
Just as neighbourhoods provided a setting for the interaction of different religious and ethnic groups, so too did the place of employment. Successful neighborhodds have had a sense of community of shared spirit, about them. The same was true for successful industrial enterprises.