Sentences with phrase «ancient continents by»
These gems, brought to the surface by volcanic eruptions, were uncovered in five ancient continents by researchers over the course of more than 30 years.
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The concept of «continents» was invented in ancient Greece; in their viewpoint the Aegean was the centre of the world and was surrounded by 3 continents: Europe, Asia and Africa.
By comparing the ancient genome to DNA from modern Africans, the team have been able to show that not only do East African populations today have as much as 25 % Eurasian ancestry from this event, but that African populations in all corners of the continent — from the far West to the South — have at least 5 % of their genome traceable to the Eurasian migration.
A new study casts doubt on an old hypothesis, that cichlids reached multiple continents by swimming in place while an ancient supercontinent split up.
The new data are consistent with suspicions that the highland plateaus of Venus are ancient continents, once surrounded by ocean and produced by past volcanic activity.
Granite is formed when ancient rocks, made of basalt, are driven down into the planet by shifting continents, a process known as plate tectonics.
Its strategic position has made the city a center for trade between three continents and a mixing pot of cultures and traditions ever since its conception, having been ruled by the Ancient Greeks, Romans and eventually the Ottoman Turks, whose descendants govern Istanbul to this day.
The ancient capital of the Inca Empire and its surroundings has a combination of history, mysticism and authenticity that is rarely equaled by any other city in the continent.
A continent with 32 World Heritage Sites including the Ancient Maya City of Calakmul, Campeche and the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve, it's of no surprise that South America is a continent worth exploring by motorhome.
With the aid of the magical Shadow Core — a player - controllable platform, follow his courageous journey across an entire continent, braving war and ancient enemies, led only by a glimmer of a hope.
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Imagine a relentless progression of slides, first juxtaposing ancient pyramids, modern cornices, and pointed thatched huts, followed by successions of fluted, rococo, or austere columns and spires, which segue into compare - and - contrast studies of statuary buttocks and behinds spanning sexes, continents, and centuries.