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The very term "Sphynx" takes us to the realms of ancient Egypt. It is true that cats were life-saving companions to the people of ancient Egypt and they were drawn to worship them. But, our bald beauty "Sphynx Cat" has no lineage with the Egyptian deities. These naked aliens of the feline world originated in a place thousands of miles away from the land of Pharaohs. The breed's origin actually began in Canada in 1966, when a mutant hairless male kitten named Prune was born to an otherwise normal furred litter. The Sphynx is completely Mother Nature's creation and due to the cats' sleek look and resemblance to the iconic Egyptian statues of old, it got its unique name. Sphynx are the living proof that there's more to a feline than just a fur coat. This feisty feline has the following unique characteristics of its own.

They Are Not Hairless

With their angular faces, big ears, smooth bodies and a wrinkly exterior, Sphynx might appear hairless to the naked eye but you will not spot even one that is hairless. Though they are not plush to the touch, Sphynx is actually covered by soft, downy-like, fuzzy suede that feels like leather. The skin of a Sphynx cat is patterned and coloured similar to other breeds of cats. They usually do not have any eyelashes or whiskers because of which their highly expressive, almond-shaped eyes and whisker pads appear more prominent. Read Also: Advantages Of Automatic Cat Litter Robot

Cuddle Bugs

Sphynx cats might be devoid of fur, but not of warmth and love. They are known to be good cuddle bugs. Although Sphynx cats do have a natural body temperature which is actually 4 degrees warmer than average cat temperatures, snuggling is a means for them to stay warm anytime they feel the need to. Sphynx cats are naturally affectionate and it's not just the need for warmth but probably the need for attention that draws them towards their human masters. The latest study that has been published in the Journal of Veterinary Behavior has ranked Sphynx as the most affectionate cat breed.

High Energy Cat

With a naked mole rat-like appearance, people might assume that Sphynx cats are timid, dull and unappealing. But, in actuality, Sphynx cats have an extremely gregarious nature filled with warmth and affection. A Sphynx cat displays a high level of curiosity, energy, intelligence and affection for its owner. It is an extremely chatty breed that actually talks back to you and will talk whenever it can. Being energetic and mischievous, they always want to be near their owner(s). These adorable felines often act more like dogs, frequently greeting their owners at the door. Besides seeking human attention, they also enjoy the company of certain other breeds of cats (and even some breeds of dogs).

High Maintenance Pet

Sphynx cats belong to a relatively high maintenance breed of the feline world. They require a lot of physical care and attention with a good emotional cushion. It is a neat-obsessed animal who also needs to have clean and tidy surroundings. You will have to make sure that you keep its cat litter box spic and span all the time. A dirty litter box is totally unacceptable to a Sphynx who will prefer to defecate outside a dirty box, anywhere in the house. Sphynx coats might not be a magnet for dust particles, pollen, and other substances, but the skin still produces oil. For furry breeds, this oil helps in keeping the fur sleek but with Sphynx cats, it can form a greasy film over their bodies that builds up an unpleasant smell. Therefore, the Sphynx cat needs to bathe a lot more than the usual cat breeds. The same goes for the ears; since there are not any hairs to block dirt or dead skin cells from accumulating inside the cavities, their ears must be wiped regularly with a washcloth or cotton ball. Cat beds are the best option for housing these cats because if you let this cat sleep on your bed, you'll also be waking up to oil stains and unpleasant smells all over your bed.

Indoor Cats

Sphynx cats are classified as indoor pets. The absence of a dense coat makes Sphynx skin more sensitive than other felines. Apart from the fact that they can get dirty easily, they can also get a sunburn. Without a cushioning coat, this cat breed is highly susceptible to injury. These cats feel the cold a lot in winter, and need to be protected from the scorching summer heat. Many Sphynx owners make small coats or jumpers for their cats for cold weather and use sunblock on them in hot weather. If possible, make a place in front of a window where the sunshine comes in to provide warmth and to give them a view of the external world.

Fast Metabolism

In contrast to their slender bodies, Sphynx cats have heavy appetites, or you may say an enviable metabolism. They actually consume a lot more food than any other feline breed. This is actually a physiological necessity for them because as food burns in their bodies, their internal temperatures stay up. They need a high protein diet for optimal health. It is important to keep your Sphynx well-stuffed with the right food and right portion size so that it does not go to bed hungry.

Low Health Level Cats

Sphynx cats are definitely not lifetime cats. The life expectancy for this breed is only between 8 to 12 years, while the average life expectancy for other breeds can be anywhere from 12 to 14 years and even beyond. Sphynx cats are more prone to sickness than other breeds. The biggest risk to the Sphynx cat is cold. Although they feel warm, due to the absence of a fur layer, they must be provided with good snuggle spots to curl up.

Territorial & Leash Walkers

Sphynx cats are highly territorial requiring their own personal space and play area. The best way to handle this instinct of a Sphynx cat is to provide it with a cat tree that can give it enough vertical space to play in. Such a place is very important for these cats since they cannot go outdoors in the sun for too long, but also require lots of stimulation. Another exception with this breed of felines is their likeness for walks. Though cats are not leashed animals, Sphynx cats can be taken out for supervised walks without much worry. In short, the so-called hairless Sphynx, sharing their name with the Great Sphinx of Giza, have nothing in common with the stoic statue, being friendly, vocal and affectionate. They might not be appealing to some people looking to adopt a furry pal, but they are extremely adorable with their own salient characteristics.

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Human evolution

Human evolution is the lengthy process of change by which people originated from apelike ancestors. Scientific evidence shows that the physical and behavioral traits shared by all people originated from apelike ancestors and evolved over a period of approximately six million years.

One of the earliest defining human traits, bipedalism -- the ability to walk on two legs -- evolved over 4 million years ago. Other important human characteristics -- such as a large and complex brain, the ability to make and use tools, and the capacity for language -- developed more recently. Many advanced traits -- including complex symbolic expression, art, and elaborate cultural diversity -- emerged mainly during the past 100,000 years.

Humans are primates. Physical and genetic similarities show that the modern human species, Homo sapiens, has a very close relationship to another group of primate species, the apes. Humans and the great apes (large apes) of Africa -- chimpanzees (including bonobos, or so-called "pygmy chimpanzees") and gorillas -- share a common ancestor that lived between 8 and 6 million years ago. Humans first evolved in Africa, and much of human evolution occurred on that continent. The fossils of early humans who lived between 6 and 2 million years ago come entirely from Africa.

Most scientists currently recognize some 15 to 20 different species of early humans. Scientists do not all agree, however, about how these species are related or which ones simply died out. Many early human species -- certainly the majority of them - left no living descendants. Scientists also debate over how to identify and classify particular species of early humans, and about what factors influenced the evolution and extinction of each species.

Early humans first migrated out of Africa into Asia probably between 2 million and 1.8 million years ago. They entered Europe somewhat later, between 1.5 million and 1 million years. Species of modern humans populated many parts of the world much later. For instance, people first came to Australia probably within the past 60,000 years and to the Americas within the past 30,000 years or so. The beginnings of agriculture and the rise of the first civilizations occurred within the past 12,000 years.

Paleoanthropology

Paleoanthropology is the scientific study of human evolution. Paleoanthropology is a subfield of anthropology, the study of human culture, society, and biology. The field involves an understanding of the similarities and differences between humans and other species in their genes, body form, physiology, and behavior. Paleoanthropologists search for the roots of human physical traits and behavior. They seek to discover how evolution has shaped the potentials, tendencies, and limitations of all people. For many people, paleoanthropology is an exciting scientific field because it investigates the origin, over millions of years, of the universal and defining traits of our species. However, some people find the concept of human evolution troubling because it can seem not to fit with religious and other traditional beliefs about how people, other living things, and the world came to be. Nevertheless, many people have come to reconcile their beliefs with the scientific evidence.

Early human fossils and archeological remains offer the most important clues about this ancient past. These remains include bones, tools and any other evidence (such as footprints, evidence of hearths, or butchery marks on animal bones) left by earlier people. Usually, the remains were buried and preserved naturally. They are then found either on the surface (exposed by rain, rivers, and wind erosion) or by digging in the ground. By studying fossilized bones, scientists learn about the physical appearance of earlier humans and how it changed. Bone size, shape, and markings left by muscles tell us how those predecessors moved around, held tools, and how the size of their brains changed over a long time. Archeological evidence refers to the things earlier people made and the places where scientists find them. By studying this type of evidence, archeologists can understand how early humans made and used tools and lived in their environments.

The process of evolution

The process of evolution involves a series of natural changes that cause species (populations of different organisms) to arise, adapt to the environment, and become extinct. All species or organisms have originated through the process of biological evolution. In animals that reproduce sexually, including humans, the term species refers to a group whose adult members regularly interbreed, resulting in fertile offspring -- that is, offspring themselves capable of reproducing. Scientists classify each species with a unique, two-part scientific name. In this system, modern humans are classified as Homo sapiens.

Evolution occurs when there is change in the genetic material -- the chemical molecule, DNA -- which is inherited from the parents, and especially in the proportions of different genes in a population. Genes represent the segments of DNA that provide the chemical code for producing proteins. Information contained in the DNA can change by a process known as mutation. The way particular genes are expressed - that is, how they influence the body or behavior of an organism -- can also change. Genes affect how the body and behavior of an organism develop during its life, and this is why genetically inherited characteristics can influence the likelihood of an organism's survival and reproduction.

Evolution does not change any single individual. Instead, it changes the inherited means of growth and development that typify a population (a group of individuals of the same species living in a particular habitat). Parents pass adaptive genetic changes to their offspring, and ultimately these changes become common throughout a population. As a result, the offspring inherit those genetic characteristics that enhance their chances of survival and ability to give birth, which may work well until the environment changes. Over time, genetic change can alter a species' overall way of life, such as what it eats, how it grows, and where it can live. Human evolution took place as new genetic variations in early ancestor populations favored new abilities to adapt to environmental change and so altered the human way of life.

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Human evolution is the lengthy process of change by which people originated from apelike ancestors. Scientific evidence shows that the physical and behavioral traits shared by all people originated from apelike ancestors and evolved over a period of approximately six million years.

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3. whale
https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evograms_03
https://us.whales.org/whales-dolphins/how-did-whales-evolve/#:~:text=Both%20hippos%20and%20whales%20evolved,about%2050%20million%20years%20ago.&text=Unlike%20the%20hippo's%20ancestor%2C%20whale,of%20about%208%20million%20years.

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Google Slide -About a mammoth
https://reviverestore.org/
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/

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topic: owl
https://www.owlworlds.com/owl-evolution/
https://www.ck12.org/c/biology/theory-of-evolution/lecture/Natural-Selection-and-the-Owl-Butterfly/

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3. bird

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/why-are-birds-the-only-surviving-dinosaurs.html
https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Introductory_and_General_Biology/Book%3A_Introductory_Biology_(CK-12)/12%3A_Vertebrates/12.24%3A_Bird_Evolution

Works Cited:
1.) Hendry, Lisa. “Why Are Birds the Only Surviving Dinosaurs?” Natural History Museum, www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/why-are-birds-the-only-surviving-dinosaurs.html.

2.) Libretexts. “12.24: Bird Evolution.” Biology LibreTexts, Libretexts, 6 Mar. 2021, bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Introductory_and_General_Biology/Book%3A_Introductory_Biology_(CK-12)/12%3A_Vertebrates/12.24%3A_Bird_Evolution.

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sabertooth tiger
Saber-Toothed Cats.
Sabertooth | National Geographic Society.

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1. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-viruses-evolve-180975343

2. https://www.monkeygene.com/how-viruses-evolve/

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3. Roses
https://allaboutroses2013.weebly.com/natural-selection.html
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-15815-6

Source 1: All About Roses "Charles Darwin an English naturalist who studied a variety of animals and established that all species of life descended over time from common ancestors"
April 21, 2021
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"Genetic relationships and evolution of old garden roses based on SSRs and chromosome diversity"

April 21, 2021

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3. birds
https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evograms_06

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-7iXyYS0uw

Works Cited:
1.)  DNewsChannel, director. How Did Dinosaurs Evolve Into Birds? YouTube, YouTube, 6 Aug. 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-7iXyYS0uw.

2.) The Origin of Birds, University of California Museum of Paleontology, evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evograms_06.

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Research paper on COVID-19.

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https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/faq.html#:~:text=there%20is%20no%20firm%20evidence,to%20protect%20against%20reinfection.

Source 2:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/expert-answers/covid-antibody-tests/faq-20484429#:~:text=If%20test%20results%20show%20that,with%20COVID%2D19.

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“One way is kill off many people. Those who manage to survive due to a genetic advantage pass it to their offspring.”

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“If test results show that you have antibodies, it indicates that you were likely infected with covid-19 at some time in the past. it may also mean that you have some immunity.”

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elephants
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https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/elephant

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Cherry Blossoms
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/cherryblossom/history-of-the-cherry-trees.htm#:~:text=The%20tradition%20of%20celebrating%20the,from%20the%20People%20of%20Japan.&text=The%20beauty%20of%20the%20cherry,rich%20meaning%20in%20Japanese%20culture.

https://www.japan.travel/en/au/experience/cherry-blossoms/sakura-history/

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topic: whales
Works cited
Pavao, Paul. “Whale Evolution.” Proof of Evolution, 2009, www.proof-of-evolution.com/whale-evolution.html#:~:text=%20Whale%20Evolution%20%20.

https://www.proof-of-evolution.com/whale-evolution.html#:~:text=%20Whale%20Evolution%20%20
https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evograms_03

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Research paper on the evolution of butterflies
Works Cited
Kawahara, A. Y., Plotkin, D., Espeland, M., Meusemann, K., Toussaint, E. F. A., Donath, A., Gimnich, F., Frandsen, P. B., Zwick, A., dos Reis, M., Barber, J. R., Peters, R. S., Liu, S., Zhou, X., Mayer, C., Podsiadlowski, L., Storer, C., Yack, J. E., Misof, B. and Breinholt, J. W.

Kawahara, Akito Y. et al. "Phylogenomics Reveals The Evolutionary Timing And Pattern Of Butterflies And Moths". Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences, vol 116, no. 45, 2019, pp. 22657-22663. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences, doi:10.1073/pnas.1907847116. Accessed 21 Apr 2021.

https://www.pnas.org/content/116/45/22657
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/dna-tells-story-butterfly-evolution/

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Research paper
Topic: harpy eagle
https://www.aboutanimals.com/bird/harpy-eagle/
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Website title | (Harpia harpyja) | about animals
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https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/index.html

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2. Topic- Butterflies
https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/butterflies/evolution
https://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Taxonomy%204.htm

1) Works cited: “Butterfly Evolution.” American Museum of Natural History, www.amnh.org/exhibitions/butterflies/evolution.
2) work cited: Adrianhoskins@hotmail.co.uk. Butterfly Evolution, www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Taxonomy%204.htm.

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