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  2. Darwin's tubercle - Wikipedia

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    Scan of Figure 2, from Darwin's Descent of Man, second edition, illustrating Darwin's tubercle. This atavistic feature is so called because its description was first published by Charles Darwin in the opening pages of The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, as evidence of a vestigial feature indicating common ancestry among primates which have pointy ears.

  3. Earlobe - Wikipedia

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    Clint Eastwood, who has an extreme form of attached ear lobe.. Earlobes average about 2 centimeters long, and elongate slightly with age. [7] Although the "free" vs. "attached" appearance of earlobes is often presented as an example of a simple "one gene – two alleles" Mendelian trait in humans, earlobes do not all fall neatly into either category; there is a continuous range from one ...

  4. Color symbolism - Wikipedia

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    One example in which different conceptualizations of color may lead to confusion is the coloring of upward or downward trends in financial markets; whereas in most of the world green or blue is used to denote an upward trend and red is used to denote a downward trend, in mainland China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, the reverse is true. This ...

  5. Frank's sign - Wikipedia

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    Normal ear anatomy Earlobe creases seen in a Japanese angina patient. Frank's sign is a diagonal crease in the ear lobe extending from the tragus across the lobule to the rear edge of the auricle. [1] The sign is named after Sanders T. Frank. [1] It has been hypothesised that Frank's sign is indicative of cardiovascular disease [2] [3] and/or ...

  6. Color theory - Wikipedia

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    According to traditional color theory based on subtractive primary colors and the RYB color model, yellow mixed with purple, orange mixed with blue, or red mixed with green produces an equivalent gray and are the painter's complementary colors. One reason the artist's primary colors work at all is due to the imperfect pigments being used have ...

  7. Disclosing tablets - Wikipedia

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    Unicolor plaque disclosing tablet Tricolor plaque disclosing gel—before and after. Disclosing tablets are chewable tablets that make dental plaque visible.. The tablets, sold over the counter in many countries, contain a dye (typically a vegetable dye, such as Phloxine B) that stains the plaque a bright color (typically red or blue).

  8. Color psychology - Wikipedia

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    One intersection where color psychology could be of use to art therapists is in evaluating what certain colors mean to clients when they use them to create art pieces. Even the lack of color use may be an important detail in art therapy, as people struggling with depression were shown to tend to use less color when they are painting. [ 63 ]

  9. Hominid dental morphology evolution - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, the evolution and reduction in the jaw has left little room for the third molar, or wisdom tooth, to form. As a result, many individuals choose to remove them through surgery. One of the defining features among Homo sapiens is the presence of a chin.