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VCE Stuff => VCE Science => VCE Mathematics/Science/Technology => VCE Subjects + Help => VCE Biology => Topic started by: Zahta on November 02, 2011, 04:34:14 pm
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okay i would really appreciate it if you guys would tell me everything we need to know about cell division like i know the steps of mitosis and meosis but anything more i would apprecaitte it really much if you told me everything that we should be able to know before we enter the exam
Also of the hominids evolution stuff , how much do we need to know because im not very confident with that bit , Could you guys please please summarise the what we need to know on cell division and homonids stuff
thankyou would really appreciate it , any help :)
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cell division" stages, importance ie meioisis variation, independent assortment, meiosis/mitosis, diploid no/ haploid no, gametes, location, benefits, errors, mutations, etc.
Chapter 15 of NOB summarises this section fairly well,
definition of hominin, hominoid, hominids,
knowing all humans are hominoids, hominins and hominds.
A good way to think about these three words is like this.
Hominoids is a much longer word so what i think is that describes more organisms ( i know this is very unconventional but it helps) ie
Hominoids are all apes, both great and lesser apes ie gibbons, orang-utans, gorillas, chimps and humans.
Then the next terms is just remember by sheer memory knowing hominins comes last.
Hominids are all the great apes- orangutans, gorillas, chimps and humans
Hominins is the collective term for all human species and their bipedal close reletives
ie all members of genus homo and australopithecus
for this section know about primate features
for eg:
primates have reletively large brains
long gestation periods etc ,
and a brief but sound understanding of the homo and austra species, as in what came before what, their achievements and their physicality, brain size and stuff,
Know about the different hypothesis like the out of africa hypothesis/ regional continuity
and then known about tech/cultural/ biological evolution
Hope this helped :D
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you are a legend , thank you so much