Sentences with phrase «century studies claimed»

Early 20th - century studies claimed that hermit thrush song follows the same principles found in human musical systems, but these were anecdotal reports which were not supported by a rigorous analysis.

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One thing is certain and proven... no matter what creed we utter, create, or claim to believe... more people over the centuries (including the 200 years of NT historians and theologians studies you lean upon) will remember... seek, find, and trust in a risen Jesus (the illiterate peasant carpenter) than will ever know you and I... let alone sing our praises.

A recent study in a feminist periodical presents considerable evidence that reductionist stereotypes of Eddy that are still current, even among feminists, sprang to a surprising extent from resentment directed toward her as a woman making serious truth claims in a male - dominated society (Jean McDonald, «Mary Baker Eddy and the Nineteenth Century «Public» Woman: A Feminist Reappraisal, «Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion [Spring, 1986], pp. 89 - 112).

It may not be too much of an exaggeration to claim, as Terry Eagleton does, that the growth of English studies is explained primarily by the failure of religion in the late 19th century.

But as E. A. Burtt noted over half a century ago in his classic book The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical Science, the thinker who claims to eschew philosophy in favor of science is constantly tempted «to make a metaphysics out of his method,» trying to define reality as what his preferred techniques can measure rather than letting reality dictate what techniques are appropriate for studying it.

Researchers have been studying the benefits of vitamin D since the middle of the 20th century when some European investigators claimed that athletes who were exposed to sunlamp sessions performed better in the winter months, Nieman said.

A study in the journal Science claims that the movement of jockeys out of phase with their horses eases the horse's workload and accounts for up to 7 percent of the decrease in race times over the last century.

If I had to claim one area of development that signified the importance of cinema studies in the last two decades of the twentieth century, I would...

The 2012 study found that modern breeds only emerged in the 19th century and that claims of their antiquity are based on little or no historical or empirical evidence.

Since it's essentially, and of course ironically, entirely non-scientists who make this claim, the deniers would do well to read a recent UCLA study that indicates California's current six - year severe drought could be exacerbated enough by global warming to extend the dry period for centuries.

Editors of the study conclude anthropogenic (manmade) greenhouse gases (GHG) «are not playing a substantial role» in global temperature increases during the past century, contrary to IPCC claims that human activities are to blame.

A second study warns that by the century's end weather - related disasters — floods, heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and windstorms — could claim a 50-fold increase in fatalities, and expose 350 million Europeans to harmful climate extremes every year.

Climate scientists withdraw journal claims of rising sea levels Study claimed in 2009 that sea levels would rise by up to 82 cm by the end of century — but the report's author now says true estimate is still unknown David Adam guardian.co.uk, Sunday 21 February 2010 18.00 GMT