old world monkeys versus new world monkeys

Inside the caravan, I stood on a chair and lit the oil lamp in the ceiling. I had some weekend homework to do and this was as good a time as any to do it. I laid my books on the table and sat down. But I found it impossible to keep my mind on my work. The clock showed half past seven. This was the..

The Pygmy Marmoset is mainly found in the tropical rain forests of South America . They are a mere 35 cm long including the tail and weigh 80 to 100 grams . They are the smallest monkeys in the world. They feed mostly on tree sap or gum, they also eat spiders, insects, fl..

The study of world of life is as old as man itself. All living organisms are made up of a few elements which are repeated in each of them. The basic unit of life - cell, is a structural and functional entity of lif..

Plant Water Relations - The study of world of life is as old as man itself. All living organisms are made up of a few elements which are repeated in each of them. The basic unit of life - cell, is a structural and functional entity of lif..

. It is not clear if the Queen was impressed, but Nehru certainly was. A few weeks later, he called Singh with another challenge: make the world's smallest lock. Now, the tiny silver item, barely 5 mm high with a delicate key to match, is something of a lucky charm for the Singhs. A speci..

The gymnosperms are seed producing land plants. However, the seeds are not enclosed in fruits. Most of them have now become extinct and only about 900 species are known to be surviving. The living gymnosperms are widely distributed in the cold climates where snow, rather than rain, is the source o..

1) Destruction of wild life leads to loss of valuable materials. 2) Disappearance of any link in a food chain upsets nature's balance and creates problems. 3) New improved varieties of crops and other useful animals are derived from their wild relatives by genetic modification. This indi..

In some higher fungi, several hyphae may become interwoven to form rope-like structures called rhizomorphs. Under favourable conditions, they resume growth to give rise to new mycelia. fig. 8.19 - Modes of Vegetative Reproducti..

In the chapter on current electricity, we had learnt about the flow of charges, conditions to produce the flow and how different materials respond to an external electric field. We had seen how materials are classified as conductors and insulators. In this chapter, we will study a new typ..

Era 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620) Era 2: Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763) Era 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820s) Era 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) Era 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Era 6: The Development of the Industrial ..