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Genealogy: Your Family Tree
History & The Arts

Genealogy: Your Family Tree

...family tree? Here's some advice to get you started...[Newspaper article] So you've finally decided to track down that long lost relative. Or maybe you want to know who your ancestors were. Genealogy is one of the most popular pastimes on the Internet. But first you have to do some basic detective work. Talk to people. Your family, friends and neighbours may know the names...
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Article 5 mins
Evolutionary tree of mammals
Nature & Environment

Evolutionary tree of mammals

...tree of mammals, looks at evidence from fossils and DNA to examine which mammals are most closely related to whales...This introduction to the evolution of mammals considers Darwin's observations on mammals and how he noticed that species fell into natural groups. This free course, Evolutionary tree of mammals, looks at evidence from fossils and DNA to examine which...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Picturing the family
History & The Arts

Picturing the family

...family photographs can offer insights into the past. This free course, Picturing the family, looks at some of the ways photographs can reveal, and sometimes conceal, important information about the past. It teaches the skills and provides some of the knowledge needed to interpret such pictorial sources...Besides being simple mementos, family photographs can offer insights...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Forgotten families
Health, Sports & Psychology

Forgotten families

...family member is in custody, such as financial instability as well as the incalculable trauma of being separated from a parent and often not being fully aware of why this has happened. The impact of separation is exacerbated by parental gender, with children of mothers imprisoned experiencing significant and enduring grief and isolation. This is further compounded by the...
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Article 3 hrs
Studying mammals: Life in the trees
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Life in the trees

...tree-living. 250 or so species of primate exist today; most taxonomists group them into 13 families. All share a lengthy list of defining features, mostly related to the following broad categories: Limbs and locomotion. The hands (and often the feet) are grasping, with mobile fingers and toes, generally with touch-sensitive pads at the tips. The first digit (the thumb or...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Decision trees and dealing with uncertainty
Money & Business

Decision trees and dealing with uncertainty

...trees, a powerful decision-making technique, which can help you to simplify and formulate business decisions. The course also includes videos that introduce the key ideas and guide you through numerous examples...This free course introduces basic ideas of probability. It focuses on dealing with uncertainty in a financial context and explores decision trees, a powerful...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Evolution and the human family
Science, Maths & Technology

Evolution and the human family

...family? If so, how can it help us to understand how family structures have evolved? If not, what are the limitations of a Darwinian approach? In this album, Ruth Mace, Professor of Evolutionary Biology at UCL in London, reveals how she uses a Darwinian approach to study diverse human populations. In particular, she focuses her discussion on family size, exploring how...
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Audio 27 mins
Understanding society: families
Education & Development

Understanding society: families

...families, you will explore how different families have different ideas about how work in the home should be divided. You will also investigate the diversity of families. We will see how any discussion of the division of labour has to recognise that families differ in terms of shape and size...In this free course, Understanding society: families, you will explore how...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs