Sentences with phrase «whether humans evolved»

Whether humans evolved from earlier species of primates is a central point of contention among (certain) religious groups, on the one hand, and secular ones, on the other.

The existence of dinosaurs is not in dispute, it's the timeframe as well as whether humans evolved from them, or whether humans and dinosaurs lived on the earth at the same time.

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As businesses evolve over time, it's important to examine whether your human resources and staffing model is optimized in support of your current and future needs.

«So long as human exchange and specialisation are allowed to thrive somewhere, then culture evolves whether leaders help it or hinder it, and the result is that prosperity spreads, technology progresses, poverty declines, disease retreats, fecundity falls, happiness increases, violence atrophies, freedom grows, knowledge flourishes, the environment improves and wilderness expands.»

So whether the human body was specially created or developed, Catholics are required to hold as a matter of Catholic faith that the human SOUL is specially created; it did not evolve, and it is not inherited from our parents, as our physical bodies are.

These include the overall validity of the radical - pair mechanism, whether birds might have evolved to be able to detect minute magnetic changes and have thus become susceptible to human - produced radio noise as a side - effect, or even whether applied electromagnetic fields might be affecting a different behavior — such as motivation — altogether.

All human societies have been shaped by religion, leading psychologists to wonder how it arose, and whether particular forms of belief have affected other aspects of evolved social structure.

These include the safety of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and foods grown with pesticides, the use of animals in research, whether climate change is mostly due to human activity, and whether humans have evolved over time.

There is no certain way to decide on the basis of existing knowledge whether chimpanzees and humans inherited their pattern of territorial aggression from a common ancestor or whether they evolved it independently in response to parallel pressures of natural selection and opportunities encountered in the African homeland.

Whether or not human thinking is evolving, the human brain certainly is.

This has prompted researchers to speculate whether the ancestor of humans, chimpanzees, and bonobos looked and acted more like a bonobo, a chimpanzee, or something else — and how all three species have evolved differently since the ancestor of humans split with the common ancestor of bonobos and chimps between 4 million and 7 million years ago in Africa.

But it shouldn't surprise us actually that thing [s] that emerge and evolve from complex processes come through, whether they're machines that humans are working with or whether they're biological life forms as well.

By studying how mouse lemurs evolved in different areas of the island, we're able to glimpse how the island itself changed and learn whether those changes were caused by humans,» says Goodman.

33 - percentage point gap on the question about whether humans have evolved over time — 98 % of scientists say we have, compared with 65 % of the public.

For her, everything — whether experienced, observed, or consumed in the literature she tears through — is a piece in a giant jigsaw puzzle she's trying to fit together, a picture of how the human family is evolving.

There is no similar agreement about how our minds work: the economist assumes that rational behavior is dominant, for example, while a psychologist questions what fraction of human behavior is rational, and a biologist may ask whether rationality is even a useful concept, or merely an evolved illusion.

The debate over whether the technique — nicknamed «three - parent IVF» — should be allowed to proceed to human tests underscores how quickly the science of reproductive medicine is evolving.

Indeed, it remains a hotly debated topic as to whether human language evolved from other animal communication systems for the purpose of communication, or as an independent outcome of selection for enhanced general cognitive abilities (sensu Donaldson et al. 2007).

Whether humans will continue to evolve and rid themselves of the thrifty gene remains to be seen.

A. Every creature, including humans, has the perfect diet it evolved to eat, whether it's a cricket, a parrot or a wolf.

At first, you might wonder whether human blood has simply evolved to have a slightly different composition.

Whether or not it's the whole or part of the metabolism story, the proposed explanation here about humans evolving towards using leafy greens to lower metabolism and manage the energy budget sounds reasonable.

- Whether human beings may eventually evolve to deal with things like metals, toxins and wi - fi signals... 24:46

The resulting film is a vibrant, unsympathetic portrait of a man whose work continues to evolve how humans connect with each other whether or not he ever mastered that skill in his own life.

More than 70 years after the famous «monkey trial» focused worldwide attention on Tennessee, the state is once again embroiled in a debate over whether students should be taught that humans evolved from apes.

Summary The research paper investigates the question whether Neandertals have evolved into humans or have vanished.

Evolving Medicine — by Andrea Bates, certified A.H.T., Sherwood Park Animal Hospital Medicine, whether human or veterinary, is an ever - evolving Evolving Medicine — by Andrea Bates, certified A.H.T., Sherwood Park Animal Hospital Medicine, whether human or veterinary, is an ever - evolving evolving science.

Medicine, whether human or veterinary, is an ever - evolving science.

The paintings evolve and capture the feel of motion, whether human or nature, through color and creative texture.

The same challenges (and opportunities) emerge whenever complex, evolving science underpins contentious or consequential questions — whether in discerning a human contribution to flood and storm patterns or a chemical contribution to childhood illness.

Since people's beliefs about evolution are influenced by their perceptions of scientific consensus, the total role of science knowledge in shaping a person's opinion likely operates indirectly through beliefs about scientific consensus as well as directly through beliefs about whether humans have evolved over time.

The fight has evolved from clashing over human actions and whether they are warming the planet to portraying the consequences of warming as harmful, insignificant or even beneficial.