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Human Evolution Trails from the Past

All organisms are related by descent from com mon ancestors. Humans and other mammals des cend from shrewlike creatures that lived more than 150millionyears ago (Ma); mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes share as ancestors aquatic worms that lived 600Ma; and all plants and animals derive from bacteria-like micro organisms that originated more than 3billionyears ago.

The Origin and Evolution of Mammals

There are about 4,600 species of animals today that are called mammals because, despite an astonishing diversity of form and habitat, they all share a long list of characters not found in any other organisms, such as the presence of mammary glands, the single bone in the lower jaw, and the neocortex of the fore brain.

NUMISMATIC MANUAL

The ready sale of a small and very imperfect work bearing tho same title as the preaeot, not only proves that an elemen tary treatise is much wanted, but it also encourages the hope that a volume in an improvedfoTm» and of systematicarrange ment, will be still more acceptable to the numismatic student.

Numismatics

Numismatics is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as 'the study of coins and medals, especially from an archaeological or historical standpoint'. The American Webster spells out the details more comprehensively : 'The study of coins, tokens, medals, paper money, and objects closely resembling them in form or purpose, including standard media of exchange and decorations.' Both indicate the basic ambiguity of the word. Nu

HOTEL MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS four th edi t ion

As Denney would tell you, the first edition of this textbook project was originally born out of a range of frustrations. While there are many outstanding textbooks in the hotel man agement field that dealt with significant por tions of operations, particularly housekeeping, front office, and food and beverage, there are very few that try to treat, in a balanced and in depth way, each department in the hotel.

Modern Hotel Operations Management

Hotel operations are chiefly concerned with providing accommodation, food and drink services. This requires managers to have a good understanding of room, restaurant and kitchen operations. In some hotels, these core ser vices are augmented with leisure and fitness facilities, or with conference and banqueting services that attract additional guests and revenue.

Tourism Business Planning

This Workbook accompanies the Tourism Development Handbook (TDH) for the Northwest Territories. 1 The Workbook guides the reader through a step-by-step process for developing a business plan for a tourism business.

Practical Learning in Hospitality Education

A long standing debate has occurred in hospitality degree programmes about the need for and merits of embedding practical training components in what are ostensibly management degrees. The debate goes to the heart of training versus education quandary facing hotel management, hospitality and tourism programmes.

Sustainability, Technology and Innovation 4.0,

Sustainability, Technology, and Innovation 4.0is a holistic perception and analysis of innovation at the level of public organizations, innovation in industry, and innovation in HR. Its chapters collectively present a thesis that Innovation 4.0 signals a technological revolution that has the opportunity to prevent environmental degradation and, in particular, to stop climate warming, the effects of which may disrupt the process of sustainable development.

Service Excellence in Tourism and Hospitality

Hospitality is a category of the service industry. The hospitality industry is diverse, with many categories, but customer service (CS) is the unifying element that all segments of the industry share. It mainly entails addressing customer satisfaction and catering to guests’ needs.

The Basics of Finance

The purpose of this book is to provide an introduction to financial decision-making, and the framework in which these decisions are made. The Basics of Finance is an accessible book for those who want to gain a better understanding of this field, but lack a strong business background. In this book, we cover the essential concepts, tools, methods, and strategies in finance without delving too far into theory.

POLICY AND PRACTICE FOR GLOBAL TOURISM

Tourism is one of the world’s largest and fast est growing economic sectors, emerging over the past fifty years as a key instrument for global growth, development and job creation. Never theless, in the aftermath of the global econom ic downturn, it is clear that the sector faces a number of serious challenges, from the econo my to longer-term sustainability issues.

Principles of Finance

Principles of Finance is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY) license, which means that you can distribute, remix, and build upon the content, as long as you provide attribution to OpenStax and its content contributors.

Financial Markets and Institutions SEVENTH EDITION

A common stock(typically just called a stock) represents a share of ownership in a corporation. It is a security that is a claim on the earnings and assets of the corporation. Issuing stock and selling it to the public is a way for corporations to raise funds to finance their activities.

The MeThods and skills of hisTory A Practical Guide

This book first saw the light of day in 1979 with the title History: A Workbook of Skill Development. The first revision came almost a decade later (1988), with a new title (the present one) and a new publisher, Harlan Davidson. Over the years the book attracted a loyal group of users, making it more successful than we had any reason to expect, prompting a second revised edition in 2000, a third one in 2010, and the present one, issued by Wiley Blackwell, in 2015.

THE ARTISTIC CULTURE OF CENTRAL ASIA AND AZERBAIJAN IN THE 9 th -15 th CENTURIES VOLUME IV ARCHITECTURE,

Located on the crossroads of the largest Eurasian trade routes, Central Asia has connected the empires of Rome, Byzantium, and Iran with China, India—with the countries of the Eastern Europe since ancient times, facilitating cultural exchange and dialogue between the East and the West. Powerful migration processes in the region, settling and assimilation of the peoples and tribes from the East, West, North, and South of the continent influenced the formation of civilizations based on the symbiosis of different cultures, ethnic groups, and religions, tolerance and common social mentality as well as the absence of ethno-psychological obstacles to the perception and accumulation of cultural and technological achievements.