Sentences with phrase «early role in the evolution»

Not exact matches

Dr. Lucas argues that evolution and evolutionist theories play no significant role in Whitehead's metaphysics, and that there is no evidence in his major works of any significant influence from earlier process - oriented «evolutionary cosmologies.»

The influence of these older evolutionary cosmologies on Whitehead's thought, moreover, is never carefully examined so much as it is presupposed.1 Against such presuppositions, I shall argue here that evolution and evolutionist theories play no significant role in Whitehead's metaphysics, and that there is no evidence in his major works of any significant influence from earlier process - oriented «evolutionary cosmologies.»

This finding ends a 35 - year - old debate on the possible presence of curium in the early solar system, and plays a crucial role in reassessing models of stellar evolution and synthesis of elements in stars.

This is because a significant role of such resonances in the development of neutron stars and in the synthesis of elements during early evolution stages of the Universe after the Big Bang.

But even more surprising, say the Stanford scientists who report these findings in the May 25 issue of the journal Geology, is the critical role that rocks played in the evolution of the early atmosphere.

«Really early galaxies are incredibly dusty and this dust plays a major role in the evolution of galaxies,» said Mikako Matsuura of University College London, UK.

We now know that galaxies began dying fairly early in the history of the universe, and that central supermassive black holes and galactic collisions play key roles in galactic evolution.

My research attempts to integrate these methods in order to investigate important questions in evolution: reconstructing ancestral protein sequences and determining the functional roles of proteins existing in organisms early in the history of life.

Exclusive after - hours private view of Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse (last entry 9.30 pm) Using the work of Monet as a starting point, this landmark exhibition examines the role gardens played in the evolution of art from the early 1860s through to the 1920s.

Celebrating the vital role that each artist played in the formation of the radical art of the Russian avant - garde, the book looks at the evolution of the Russian painting from the 1900's through the early 1920's.

Think of all the work on the Neoproterozoic Snowball Earth, the evolution of oxygenic photosynthesis on the Early Earth and its role in the transition from a methane - dominated to a CO2 - dominated greenhouse, Martian paleoclimate, the climate of Venus and Titan, the nature of the glacial - interglacial cycles, and so many more.