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Hulchul Hulchul (Hindi: हलचल, Urdu: ہلچل) is a Bollywood movie released in 2004. The film has a huge star cast including Akshaye Khanna, Kareena Kapoor, Sunil Shetty, Amrish Puri, Paresh Rawal, Jackie Shroff, Arbaaz Khan, Shakti Kapoor, Farha, Laxmi and Arshad Warsi.
Hulin Hulin (Chinese: 虎林 "tiger forest") is a city with a population of around 200,000 in Heilongjiang province, China. It is known as a city with a beautiful environment featuring the Wusuli River that borders Russia.
Hulk (ship) A hulk is a ship that is afloat, but incapable of going to sea. Although sometimes used to describe a ship that has been launched but not completed, it most often refers to an old ship that has had its rigging and/or internal equipment removed, retaining only its flotational qualities.
Hulk Hands Originally released as a part of the merchandise for 2003 Hulk film, Hulk Hands are large foam-rubber shaped Hulk style clenched fists into which you insert your hands. When worn they resemble green oversize boxing gloves you can use to punch or bash objects, the Hulk Hands also have electronics which when the hands are bashed together or against objects emit various loud smashing or crashing sound effects, along with the occasional Hulk-style roar or catch phrase.
Hulk Hogan's Pastamania Hulk Hogan's Pastamania was a restaurant in the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. It was created and finaced by then-World Championship Wrestling professional wrestler Terry Bollea, better known as Hulk Hogan.
Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n Wrestling Hulk Hogan's Rock 'N Wrestling was a Saturday morning cartoon that aired on CBS from 1985 to 1987. The show, produced and animated by DiC Entertainment and AKOM, featured WWF stars including Hulk Hogan, Rowdy Roddy Piper, André the Giant, The Junk Yard Dog, Tito Santana, The Iron Sheik, and others.
Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology is a three-disc DVD set that presents the best and most memorable matches of Hulk Hogan's wrestling career. It includes Hogan's legendary moments from the early years of his career to his 2005 induction into the WWE Hall of Fame and the recent premiere of his VH1 reality series, Hogan Knows Best.
Hulk Rules Hulk Rules is an album by Hulk Hogan released in 1995. Credited to Hulk Hogan and the Wrestling Boot Band, "Hulk Rules" rose into the Top Ten on Billboard's children's chart despite the negative feedback from critics.
Hulk Weekly Hulk Weekly was a Marvel UK title published under the editorship of Dez Skinn starting in 1979.Unlike most titles published by the company at the time, Hulk Weekly featured new material produced by British creators such as Steve Dillon, David Lloyd and Steve Parkhouse.
Hulk: The Manga Hulk: The Manga is a Japanese manga re-telling of The Incredible Hulk within a Japanese setting. It was originally published in Japan in 1970 in Weekly Bokura Magazine and written by Kazuo Koike of Lone Wolf and Cub fame.
Hulkling Hulkling (Teddy Altman) is a fictional comic book superhero, and a member of the Young Avengers, a team of superheroes in the Marvel Comics universe. Created by writer Allan Heinberg and artist Jim Cheung, he first appeared in Young Avengers #1 (April 2005).
Hull and Barnsley Railway The Hull and Barnsley Railway (HBR) was opened on 20th July 1885. It was incorporated as the Hull, Barnsley and West Riding Junction Railway, having a total projected length of 66 miles; the Alexandra Dock in Hull, opened 16th July 1885 was included as parts of its construction.
Hull classification symbol The United States Navy uses hull classification symbols (sometimes called hull codes) to identify the types of its ships. The Royal Navy and some European and Commonwealth navies use a somewhat analogous system of Pennant numbers.
Hull City Council (Kingston upon) Hull City Council is the governing body for the unitary authority and city of Kingston upon Hull. It was created in 1972 as the successor to the Corporation of (Kingston upon) Hull, which was also known as Hull Corporation.
Hull Fair Hull Fair is Europe's largest travelling fair, which comes to Hull, England for one week, (Friday, 12 noon - 12 midnight, to the following Saturday) towards the beginning of October each year. The fair is open everyday between these days except Sunday.
Hull House Hull House, co-founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr who were soon joined by other volunteers called "residents," was one of the first settlement houses in the U.S.
Hull note The Hull note, delivered on November 26, 1941, was the final proposal delivered to Japan by the United States before the start of war between the two nations. It is formally called "Outline of proposed Basis for Agreement Between The United States and Japan".
Hull Paragon railway station Hull Paragon railway station is the main railway station in the city of Kingston-upon-Hull (usually known as Hull), England. It is managed by TransPennine Express, who provide trains services along with Northern Rail, Hull Trains and GNER.
Hull Royal Infirmary Hull Royal Infirmary is one of the two main hospitals for Kingston upon Hull (the other being Castle Hill Hospital in nearby Cottingham). It is situated on Anlaby Road, just outside of the city centre, and is run by Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust.
Hull Sinfonietta Hull Sinfonietta is one of the major forces changing Hull's cultural dynamic. The organisation is recognised and supported by Hull City Council, Arts Council England (Yorkshire), the PRS Foundation for New Music and University of Hull.
Hull Street Station Hull Street Station was a railroad station in the City of Manchester and later the independent city of Richmond, Virginia. It was built by the Southern Railway to replace Mill Street Station across the river in Richmond.
Hull Thunder The Hull Thunder were a British ice hockey club from Kingston upon Hull, England. Formed in 1999, they competed in the now defunct British National League playing their home games at Humberside Ice Arena (since renamed to the Hull Ice Arena).
Hull Trains Hull Trains is a train operating company in the United Kingdom, running up to six long distance services each day between London Kings Cross and Hull, calling at Grantham, Retford, Doncaster, Selby, Howden and Brough. It is owned by First Group following the buyout of its previous parent company, GB Railfreight.
Hull West (UK Parliament constituency) Hull West was a parliamentary constituency in Kingston upon Hull which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1918 general election.
Hull York Medical School The Hull York Medical School (HYMS) is a medical school in England which took its first intake of students in 2003. The school was opened as a part of the British Government's attempts (under the Labour Party) to train more doctors, which also saw Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Peninsula Medical School and Keele University Medical School open their doors.
Hull ZR2 Air Disaster The Hull ZR2 Air Disaster occurred on August 24, 1921 when the Royal Airship Works R38/ZR-2 crashed on a test flight in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England with 49 passengers and crew on board. 43 passengers and crew and one passenger on the ground was killed.
Hull-down In modern armoured warfare, hull-down is a position taken up by an armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) such that its hull (the main part of the vehicle) is behind a crest or other raised ground, but its turret (or a superstructure or roof-mounted weapon) is exposed. This allows it to observe and fire upon the ground ahead, while the hull is protected from enemy fire behind hard cover.
Hull-Chelsea-Wakefield Railway The Hull-Chelsea-Wakefield Railway is a heritage railway running tourist trains through the scenic Gatineau Hills between the city of Hull, Quebec, and the tourist town of Wakefield, Quebec, from May to October, using a 1907 Swedish steam locomotive and 1948-built Swedish passenger cars.
Hull-Ottawa Canadiens The Hull-Ottawa Canadiens were a team in the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) Senior "A" league for 3 seasons from 1956-59, and in the Eastern Professional Hockey League (EPHL) from 1959-63. Scotty Bowman coached the team in 1962-63.
Hull-Rust-Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine The Hull-Rust-Mahoning Mine in Hibbing, Minnesota, is the largest open pit iron mine in the world. The mine, located in the Mesabi Range, supplied as much as one-fourth of all the iron ore mined in the United States during its peak production years of World War I and World War II.
Hull-White model In financial mathematics, the Hull-White model is a model of future interest rates. It is relatively straight-forward to translate the mathematical description of the evolution of future interest rates onto a tree or lattice and so interest rate derivatives such as bermudan swaptions can be valued in the model.
Hullabahoos The Hullabahoos are a student-run, all-male a cappella group at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA. The group was founded in 1988 by Halsted Sullivan and continues to be one of the premiere men's groups in the country, having recorded 12 studio albums and performed for thousands of people at such venues as the 2004 Republican National Convention, Washington Nationals baseball games, the Philippines, weddings, and private parties.
Hullabaloo (rave) Hullabaloo (or "Hulla") was a rave promotions company based in Toronto, Canada. Hullabaloo was started in 1997 by DJ Anabolic Frolic as a way to promote Happy Hardcore music and the kind of event that got back to the roots of what a rave was.
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978) is a film by Merchant Ivory Productions (written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant) set in India, starring UK great stage actress Dame Peggy Ashcroft.
Hullbridge Hullbridge is a village and civil parish in the Rochford district of Essex in east England. Bordered to the north by the River Crouch, and semi-isolated from the nearby towns of Hockley and Rayleigh, Hullbridge has a population of around 6,500.
Hully Gully The Hully Gully is a type of unstructured line dance originating from the sixties which consisted of a series of "steps" that are called out by the MC. Each step was relatively simple and easy to do however the challenge was to keep up with the speed of each step.
Hulman family The Hulman family is a family of Indiana businesspeople and philanthropists probably best known as the inheritors of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and for Hulman & Co., the company that produces Clabber Girl Baking Powder.
Hulterstad Hulterstad is a small coastal town on the southeastern part of the island of Ă–land, Sweden. Hulterstad is situated at the eastern fringe of the Stora Alvaret, a limestone pavement habitat which hosts a diversity of rare plants and has been designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCOHakan Sandbring and Martin Borg, Oland: Island of Stone and Green, May, 1997.
Hultsfred Festival Hultsfred Festival (Swedish: Hultsfredsfestivalen) is an annual music festival held in Hultsfred, Sweden. It takes place during three days in the middle of June, from Thursday to Saturday, with camping available from the beginning of the week.
Huluhu The huluhu (traditional: 葫盧胡; simplified: 葫芦胡; pinyin: húlúhú) is a Chinese bowed string instrument in the huqin family of instruments. It has two strings, and its sound box is made from a gourd, with a face made of thin wood.
Hulunbuir Hulunbuir (Chinese: 呼伦贝尔; Pinyin: Hūlúnbèi'ěr) is a prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia. Hulunbuir is the name of the entire region; its center is Hailar, which is administratively a district, but is the urban area by which Hulunbuir is most commonly known by.
Hulusi The hulusi (traditional: [simplified: 葫][[[pinyin]: húlúsī) is a [[Free reed aerophone|free reed wind instrument from China. It is held vertically and has three bamboo pipes which pass through a gourd wind chest; one pipe has finger holes and the other two are drone pipes.
Hulusi Salih Pasha Hulusi Salih Pasha was one the last grand viziers of the Ottoman Empire, under the reign of the last Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI Vahdeddin, between 8 March 1920 and 2 April 1920. Since he had been unable to form a government, and as part of the chain of events following the occupation of İstanbul by the Allies (particuarly the arrests of a number of deputies of the Ottoman Parliament), he was dismissed from office by the sultan under foreign pressure on 2 April.
Hum Along and Dance "Hum Along and Dance" is a soul song written for the Motown label by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong. Originally recorded by The Temptations, the song was later covered by Motown acts Rare Earth and The Jackson 5.
Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke Hum Hain Rahin Pyaar Ke (Hindi: हम है रहि प्यार के, Urdu: ہم ہے رہِ پیار کے, translation: We Are Travellers on the Path of Love) is a 1993 Bollywood film directed by Mahesh Bhatt, produced by Tahir Hussain and with a musical score by Nadeem Shravan. It stars Aamir Khan and Juhi Chawla.
Hum Tum Hum Tum (Hindi:हम तुम, Urdu: ہم تم) is a Bollywood movie, released in India on May 28, 2004, directed by Kunal Kohli and produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra. The movie stars Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji in the lead roles.
Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam (Hindi: हम तुम्हारे हैं सनम, Urdu: ہم تمہارے ہیں سنم, English: I am yours, love) is a Bollywood movie, made in India, released on May 24 2002.
Huma (mythology) The Huma, also known as the "bird of paradise," is a Persian mythological bird, similar to the Egyptian phoenix, which consumes itself in fire every few hundred years, only to rise anew from the ashes. It is considered to be a compassionate bird.
Huma Hatun Mother of Mehmed II, the Ottoman Sultan, also known as Fatih Sultan Mehmed (Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror). Huma Hatun was born in Devrekani county of Kastamonu province in modern day Turkey, and she was probably a GreekEvery year, people in Devrekani commemorate her birth as part of Celebrations for the Conquest of Istanbul].
Humacao, Puerto Rico Humacao (oo-mah-KAH-oh) is the largest city of Puerto Rico located in the eastern coast of the island, north of Yabucoa; south of Naguabo; east of Las Piedras; and west of Vieques Passage. Humacao is spread over 10 wards and Humacao Pueblo (The downtown area and the administrative center of the city).
Humaitá Humaitá is a town in southern Paraguay, lying on the Paraguay River. It is best known for its role as the major Paraguayan stronghold in the War of the Triple Alliance, when it was home to up to 24,000 troops from 1866 until its fall in August 1868.
Human Humans, or human beings, are bipedal primates belonging to the mammalian species Homo sapiens (Latin for "wise man" or "knowing man") under the family Hominidae (the great apes). Humans have a highly developed brain capable of abstract reasoning, language, and introspection.
Human (Goldfrapp song) "Human" is a electronic song written by British group Goldfrapp for their debut studio album Felt Mountain (2000). The song was produced by Goldfrapp and received a positive reception from music critics.
Human (Jak and Daxter) Humans in the Jak and Daxter universe are nearly the same in appearance to real life humans aside from having elf-like ears, possibly for aesthetic charm on the creator's part. They are, however, referred to as humans within the game by speakers around Haven City set up by Baron Praxis making such remarks as 'we're only human' and 'humanitarian aid'.
Human (Star Trek) In the Star Trek science fiction universe, Humans/Terrans (Homo sapiens sapiens) are one of the races undertaking interstellar travel. Human beings were instrumental in the founding of the United Federation of Planets.
Human abdomen The human abdomen (from the Latin word meaning "belly") is the part of the body between the pelvis and the thorax. Anatomically, the abdomen stretches from the thorax at the thoracic diaphragm to the pelvis at the pelvic brim.
Human accelerated regions Human accelerated regions (HARs), first described in August 2006, are a set of 49 segments of the human genome which are conserved throughout vertebrate evolution but are strikingly different in humans. They are named HAR1 through HAR49 according to their degree of difference between humans and chimpanzees (HAR1 showing the largest degree of human-chimpanzee differences of the 49).
Human agency Human agency is the capacity for human beings to make choices and to impose those choices on the world. It is normally contrasted to natural forces, which are causes involving only unthinking deterministic processes.
Human anatomical terms Human anatomical terms make up a distinct nomenclature to describe areas of the body, to provide orientation when describing parts of human anatomy, and to distinguish different movements of the body. An understanding of these terms is necessary to study the human body in depth.
Human animal roleplay Human animal roleplay (also called petplay, ponyplay, ponyism or pup-play) is a form of erotic sexual role-play where one or more of the participants takes on the role of a real or imaginary animal in character, including appropriate mannerisms and behavior, and sometimes a partner will act as another animal, or in a sexual context may take the role of rider, trainer or caretaker (or sometimes breeding partner). The principal theme of human-animal roleplay is usually the voluntary or involuntary reduction (or transformation) of a human being to animal status, and focus on the altered mind-space created.
Human artificial chromosome A human artificial chromosome (short HAC) is a microchromosome that can act as a new chromosome in a population of human cells. That is, instead of 46 chromosomes, the cell could have 47 with the 47th being very small, roughly 6-10 megabases in size, and able to carry new genes introduced by human researchers.
Human Accomplishment Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 BC to 1950 is a book by Charles Murray surveying outstanding contributions to the arts and sciences from ancient times to the mid-twentieth century. The book represents the first attempt to quantify the accomplishment of individuals and countries worldwide in the fields of arts and sciences by calculating the amount of space allocated to them in reference works, an area of research sometimes referred to as historiometry.
Human Action Human Action: A Treatise on Economics is the magnum opus of the Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises. A comprehensive treatise on economics, it rigorously and uncompromisingly presents the case for the unhampered market economy, aka capitalism.
Human Advancement There are many Human Advancement programmes around the world which are mainly concerned with improving the lives of people in poor communities. Human Advancement is also about making changes to society in order to improve the lives of individuals, their mental, emotional and spiritual growth by improving education, appreciation of culture, encouraging strengths and special qualities in individuals, developing science and technology and decreasing threats to the Human Race.
Human After All (song) "Human After All" is Daft Punk's third single from their third album, Human After All. The single was released on October 31, 2005, and is the only one from Human After All which was released without a music video.
Human Amusements at Hourly Rates A greatest-hits collection from Dayton, Ohio rock group Guided by Voices. The collection features selections ranging from early single "Captain's Dead," from Sandbox to 2003's "The Best Of Jill Hives.
Human Animal Human Animal is Wolf Eyes' fifth album proper, released 26 September 2006 by Sub Pop. The title track "Human Animal" is different from the one originally issued on the Wolf Eyes/Prurient split The Warriors.
Human back The human back is the large posterior area of the human body, rising from the top of the buttocks to the back of the neck and the shoulders. It is the surface opposite to the chest, its height being defined by the vertebral column (commonly referred to as the spine or backbone) and its breadth being supported by the ribcage and shoulders.
Human behavioral ecology Human behavioral ecology (HBE) or human evolutionary ecology applies the principles of evolutionary theory and optimization to the study of human behavioral and cultural diversity. HBE examines the adaptive design of traits, behaviors, and life histories of humans in an ecological context.
Human beings in Buddhism Human beings in Buddhism are the subjects of an extensive commentarial literature that examines the nature and qualities of a human life from the point of view of human beings' ability to achieve enlightenment.
Human biting injuries Injuries from human bites present a particular risk to other humans, with a major risk of sepsis from infection by human oral bacteria and the possibility of transmission of blood-borne diseases including Hepatitis B, HIV/AIDS, syphilis and hepatitis.
Human blockhead A human blockhead is a carnival or sideshow performer who hammers a nail or other implement (such as an awl or screwdriver) into his nasal cavity via the nostril. The stunt is often shocking to audiences, who believe that the nail is being hammered into the skull itself.
Human blood group systems The International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) currently recognises 29 major blood group systems (including the ABO and Rh systems). Thus, in addition to the ABO antigens and Rhesus antigens, many other antigens are expressed on the red blood cell surface membrane.
Human body model The human body model (HBM) of electrostatic discharge is the most common mechanism for characterizing an ESD event. The HBM definition most widely used is the test model defined in the United States military standard, MIL-STD-883, Method 3015.
Human bonding The term human bond, or more generally human bonding, refers to the process or formation of a close personal relationship, as between a parent and child, especially through frequent or constant association.Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary [CD-ROM] © 2000.
Human brain The human brain is the most anterior part of the central nervous system and, by way of the cranial nerves and spinal cord, controls the peripheral nervous system and regulates virtually all human activity. Involuntary, or "lower," actions, such as heart rate, respiration, and digestion, are unconsciously governed by the brain; specifically through the autonomic nervous system.
Human branding To Brand (or cauterize) a person means to burn a symbol into a living person's skin using a hot iron, with the intention that the resulting scar makes the symbol permanent. It therefore uses the physical techniques of livestock branding on a human, either with consent as a form of body modification; or under coercion, as a punishment or imposing masterly rights over a slave or other legally subservient inferior.
Human Be-In The 'Human Be-In' was a happening in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, the afternoon and evening of January 14, 1967. It was a prelude to San Francisco's Summer of Love, which made the Haight-Ashbury district a household word as the center of an American counterculture and introduced the word 'psychedelic' to suburbia.
Human Behavior and Evolution Society The Human Behavior and Evolution Society, or HBES, is an interdisciplinary, international society of researchers, primarily from the social and biological sciences, who use modern evolutionary theory to help to discover human nature - including evolved emotional, cognitive and sexual adaptations. It was founded October 29, 1988 at the University of Michigan.
Human Bomb The Human Bomb is a fictional superhero from the Golden Age of Comic Books. The character was first published by Quality Comics in the 1940s, and decades later by DC Comics after it acquired Quality's characters.
Human capital Human capital is a way of defining and categorizing the skills and abilities as used in employment and as they otherwise contribute to the economy. Many early economic theories refer to it simply as labour, one of three factors of production, and consider it to be a commodity -- homogeneous and easily interchangeable.
Human care Basic human care includes meeting the human needs for eating and drinking, excretion, personal cleansing and dressing, controlling body temperature, mobilising, working and playing, expressing sexuality, sleeping and dying.
Human cloning Human cloning is the creation of a genetically identical copy of an existing, or previously existing, human being orclone tissue from that individual. The term is generally used to refer to artificial human cloning; human clones in the form of identical twins are commonplace, with their cloning occurring during the natural process of reproduction.
Human cognition Human cognition is the study of how the human brain thinks. As a subject of study, human cognition tends to be more than only theoretical in that its theories lead to working models that demonstrate behavior similar to human thought.
Human computer Before mechanical and electronic computers, the term "computer", in use from the mid 17th century, literally meant "one who computes": a person performing mathematical calculations. Teams of people or human computers were used to undertake long and often tedious calculations.
Human condition The human condition encompasses the totality of the experience of being human and living human lives. As mortal entities, there are a series of biologically determined events which are common to most human lives, and some which are inevitable for all.
Human cytome project Human Cytome Project is about the study of the biological system structure and function of an organism at the cytome level. It relates to Cytomics, which is the study of cell systems (cytomes) at a single cell level.
Human Canopy Evolution Human canopy evolution is a powerful new synthesis of data from the fields of paleontology, paleoanthropology, paleoecology, evolutionary biology, early infant behavior, morphology, canopy biology and human evolutionary theory. The consensus view that human behavior and morphology are the result of extensive evolution at the ground, over a period of at least the last two million years, is based upon the assumption that early humans spent little time in trees.
Human Cognome Project The Human Cognome Project seeks to reverse engineer the human brain, paralleling in many ways the Human Genome Project and its success in deciphering the human genome. The HCP is a multidisciplinary undertaking, relevant to, among others: biology, neuroscience, psychology, cognitive science, artificial intelligence and philosophy of mind.
Human Controller In the Animorphs series of science fiction children's books, a human controller is a human who has a Yeerk (an alien parasite) residing in their brain and controlling them. The Yeerk's control of the person is unnoticeable by other people; once the Yeerk enters the head through the ear canal and wraps itself around the brain, it controls the emotions, thoughts, memories and attitude so well that it is like nothing ever happened.
Human Croquet Human Croquet is the second novel of Kate Atkinson. The book covers the experiences of Isobel Fairfax, including her occasional bouts of time-travelling, while setting out the legacy of a 300 year old family curse.
Human development theory Human development theory is an economic theory that merges older ideas from ecological economics, sustainable development, welfare economics, and feminist economics. It seeks to avoid the overt normative politics of most so-called "green economics" by justifying its theses strictly in ecology, economics and sound social science, and by working within a context of globalization.
Human Defense Corps In the DC Comics universe, the Human Defense Corps is a branch of the military introduced by President Lex Luthor to reduce government dependency on superhumans when a major crisis breaks out. Past Corps missions have involved vampires, a mole-like race of underground people called the Acorti, and even taking command of a Hell-like dimension.
Human Development Index The Human Development Index (HDI) is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education, and standard of living for countries worldwide. It is a standard means of measuring well-being, especially child welfare.
Human Dog Sled Competition The Human Dog Sled Competition is an event held in February during the Winterfest celebration of Lowell, Massachusetts, USA. Each year, a field of approximately 60 teams compete against each other in a single elimination tournament to determine the International Human Dog Sled Champion.
Human ecology Human ecology is an academic discipline that deals with the relationship between humans and their natural, social and created environments. Human ecology investigates how humans and human societies interact with nature and with their environment.
Human ecosystem Human ecosystems are complex cybernetic systems that are increasingly being used by ecological anthropologists and other scholars to examine the ecological aspects of human communities in a way that integrates multiple factors as economics, socio-political organization, psychological factors, and physical factors related to the environment. The term ‘ecosystem’ was coined in 1930 by Roy Clapham, to denote the physical and biological components of an environment considered in relation to each other as a unit.
Human evolution Human evolution is that part of biological evolution concerning the emergence of humans as a distinct species. It is the subject of a broad scientific inquiry that seeks to understand and describe how this change and development occurred.
Human evolutionary genetics Human evolutionary genetics studies how one human genome differs from the other, the evolutionary past that gave rise to it, and its current effects. Differences between genomes have anthropological, medical and forensic applications.
Human exceptionalism Human exceptionalism refers to a belief that humans have special status in nature based on their unique capacities. This special status conveys special rights, such as the right to life, and also unique responsibilities, such as stewardship of the environment.
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