BIOphile

Jee, I haven't been on this in a long time. Succulents are indeed plants, and they're so..succulent to let them thrive in arid conditions. They retain water so they can survive long dry periods, as well as survive areas with high levels of dissolved minerals. They're found in dry areas of the tropics and subtropics, as well as on sea coasts and around salt pans. Just Google succulent plant, you'll find a ton of things on them. They have numerous other adaptions to their habitat that you could include in your Biology assignment. Hope this helps.

Ooh, nice idea, I should include this too. I figure it's all about how able the partner is to support children or a family. I'm sure we've been conditioned by society and early influences to notice this financial stability or instability. Chances are if one did not care for any other aspects of a person aside from physical appearance, apparent health and financial status, and there was one rich twin and one poor, we would go for the rich. There's also the chance that the poor would appear to be less healthy because of lack of financial stability and from that the inability to live in ideal conditions and eat the proper food, etc.. I'm starting to ramble, sorry. It's just that I think through things while I type and my fingers blather it all over the text box. In short I will do some research into your suggestion and include a paragraph in my paper. Thanks!

Thanks for seeing my point, iNow. I agree that some types are just arguing for the sake of it and those are the types that have to be dealt with harshly, but we have to see that some people genuinely want to know more, and we have the means to inform them and we should do so politely. Back to the original poster, do you have any more questions about this topic? I'm sure people will be glad to help you.

The paper I'm writing is trying to make a connection between sex hormones and development of the adult body, and how these changes increase the attractiveness of the individual, increasing its chances for procreation... I'm going for universal indicators of beauty, like the ones iNow said. I'll make a good paragraph about those.

I don't find violent criminals to be attractive. I like the nice guys. I do see a lot of women going out with who I see as jerks, though. Maybe they seem the most masculine because they're aggressive...

Well, the first step we need to take is to find out if it's a fungus or plant. Then we can move towards smaller and smaller classifications. Are there any signs of any spore-bearing surface? Are you sure the "root" is a root, or is it mycelia? If it IS a plant, it's vascular seeing as it has a true root. Look for vascular tissue (xylem and phloem, wikipedia has decent articles on each of these.) If it doesn't have vascular tissue, it's either a non-vascular plant or a fungus. If it is non-vascular, it won't grow too tall, because of its lack of vascular tissue. As Mokele suggested, it could be a non-photosynthetic plant. Those have a parasitic relationship with fungi. I don't know too much about those. Ehhh, I hope I helped somehow. Get back to me if you find out anything new about this organism!

Would I be right in saying that a person's physical beauty is really just a tool of the gene to further propagate itself because it's 'hardwired' into us to see beauty as a sign of fecundity? Heh, that's what one of my papers is based on, and if the whole premise of it is wrong... I guess this fits into the selfish gene theory. I'd love if you know something more about this subject and you could tell me more about it, too. Thanks! Edit: I suppose someone should move this thread to the Evolution subforum. Sorry about that.

As people said, complex things like cells don't just poof into existence. It's a gradual process, and while chance is involved, natural selection comes into play as well. I kinda see a creationist as a person who hasn't had the chance to appreciate science yet. If they refuse to see the truth they probably haven't been exposed to a subject that interests them enough. They're like seeds, they need the right conditions so they can grow into a functional plant.

Can I see evidence? Do you mean that he exhumed the bodies to study them illegally?

Hello, my name is Meg. I live in Eastern Canada, and I'm in love with biology. I hope I will be of some value to the Science Forums.