Sentences with phrase «caused by their ancestors»

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«This causes a shakeup in the fish family tree, which indicates that the ancestor shared by all ray - finned fishes lived tens of millions of years after previously thought, maybe in the aftermath of a mass extinction event around 360 million years ago that decimated many other groups,» said Friedman, an associate curator at the U-M Museum of Paleontology and an associate professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences.

The topics in the book range from megafauna extinc - tions caused perhaps by the ancestors of today's Indians to a desert tree that sprays predators with a mist of toxic terp - enes.

Armed with a clear timeline, the archeologist Marean was able to show that those human ancestors living at Pinnacle Point and Vleesbaai — located about five miles apart — showed remarkable improvement in their life style during the volcanic winter caused by the Toba eruption.

This similarity is caused by their common ancestor, the English Bulldog.

The wrong in the Registrar's decision is caused by the application of a categorical evidentiary rule that works in an exclusionary manner to deny registration and status to an entitled individual who can not identify a relevant ancestor by name.

While our elders and ancestors could not have foreseen the devastation on our lands and waters, through thousands of years of conservation, land management and caring for country, Indigenous lands and waters continue to provide an important backstop to governments and industry now desperate to undo the damage caused by rapid industrial growth and consumption.