Sentences with phrase «how modern animals»

Ancient animals, however, might give us an insight into how modern animals might fare with our predicted climate change.

Not exact matches

How is it possible that two such mutually exclusive concepts of man could be championed from ancient until modern times — man, an animal; man, a God?

While farm animals and those in the wild probably haven't seen much change in how they react, and are treated, when they are «with child», modern medicine and an information - based society has forever changed the way we look at pregnancy.

The answer is not clear, but, Wood explains, studying how animals evolve in modern day OMZs may shed some light.

Using genetic data from modern animals to figure out what went on in the past is like flipping to the end of a novel and reading only the ending; it shows how things ended up but doesn't indicate how the story started or unfolded.

Like Medieval alchemists who searched for an elixir that could turn base metals into gold, biology's modern alchemists have learned how to use oocytes to turn normal skin cells into valuable stem cells, and even whole animals.

The Animals Among Us: How Pets Make Us Human By John Bradshaw From the dawn of domestication to pampered modern pets, anthrozoologist Bradshaw, author of the best - selling Cat Sense and Dog Sense, traces the evolution of predators into companions in this riveting read.

After taking measurements, Ryan compared Rooneyia's ear canals with those of modern animals to determine how it would have moved in life.

Those who study dinosaurs are more eager to know the life histories of the beasts: what particular adaptations they had, how they ate, how they raised their young, and what evolutionary relationships they might have had with one another and with modern - day animals.

The fact that these species have also been found in modern - day Brazil helps scientists paint a picture of the ways that animals spread during the Permian and how they colonized new areas.

A new study by Florida Museum of Natural History researcher Natasha Vitek shows how scientists can use animals» physical features — also known as morphology — to make connections between a modern species and its fossilized relatives, even if they look strikingly different.

The researchers said the discovery means modern vertebrates originated in a world that was already populated by small and large - bodied physical extremes, in terms of how animals physically adapted to their environment.

Scientists hope proteins from fossilized bone will shed light on how modern bison and other animals evolved.

Parasites and disease are a huge component of the lives of modern animals, dinosaurs would be no different, and now we have another small insight into how such interactions might have looked.

A new study of 565 million - year - old fossils has identified how some of the first complex organisms on Earth — possibly some of the first animals to exist — reproduced, revealing the origins of our modern marine environment.

More than 100 scientists, animal welfare officers, representatives of advocacy groups and stakeholders from different countries met for a 2 - day conference in San Francisco to discuss how to improve transparency and to increase the public understanding of the essential contributions that animal research makes to modern life science and biomedical research.

However, a long, hard look at the methods through which animals are intensively reared for food production has led Dr. A-V to start to consider how modern interventions in animal husbandry might damage the gut microbes, and hence the health, of farm animals.

Thus, universal characteristics of preagricultural human diets are helpful in understanding how the recent Western diet may subject modern populations to chronic disease: Before the development of farming and the domestication of livestock practices, dietary choices would have been necessarily limited to minimally processed wild plant and animal foods.

Beneath its searing satire of showbiz, its whimsical world in which animals talk and coexist with humans, and its nonstop barrage of obscure references and puns, there's a core that gets to how painful, lonely, and sad modern life can be.

The topics are: Introduction to Thailand Language and National Sport (Muay Thai) Festival and festival Culture Buddhism Climate and Weather Brief History of Modern Thailand Food Plants and Animals of Thailand End of Unit Quiz You can make it run longer or short depending on the ability of the class, how often you have Humanities and how much enrichment you add.

I can not see how you can compare it with modern German diesels, its a totally different animal - and personally I am pleased with that.

These backward glances — He Speaks to Animals, How He Tamed the Giant, How He Saved My Life, for example — are the stuff of modern - day legend.

A brilliantly cast modern - day Animal Farm, The Senility of Vladimir P. is a coruscating political fable that shows, through an honest man slipping his ethical moorings, how Putin has not only bankrupted his nation economically, but has also diminished it culturally and spiritually.

His lifelong interest in and empathy with animals inspired revolutionary innovations in how modern zoos operate.

This article will investigate how modern training methods can expand the human - animal bond by creating a shared language of positive reinforcement and validation that, contrary to popular belief, is a two - way street.

To understand what veterinary dentistry has to offer your pets in this age of modern medicine, we have outlined what each specialty entails and how it can help those animals in need of extra dental care.

Modern equipment, state - of - the - art procedures and a personal touch: At The Animal Hospital on the Golden Strip we understand how vitally important these are to you and your pet.

It's is time for Lucas County to move on and fire Tom Skeldon — and get an animal control director who is not living in the 1980s and is current with how modern society views animals.

In his book, Homeopathic Care for Cats and Dogs: Small Doses for Small Animals, Dr. Hamilton begins by explaining how as a veterinarian, he grew increasingly frustrated with the limitations «modern» veterinary care; of how he was often only able to provide temporary relief, with ailments returning time and time again.

It's nice to see people being able to appreciate what we do in the modern era as opposed to how animal control operated in the past.

Modern equipment, state - of - the - art procedures and a personal touch: At Loyal Companion Animal Care Clinic we understand how vitally important these are to you and your pet.

Through stories like this, you can easily reinforce the fascination with modern day reptiles and show how they link in the history of animal life back to those magical prehistoric times.

He is the editor ofVeterinary Acupuncture: Ancient Art to Modern Medicine, (Mosby, 1994, 2001), co-editor of Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine (Mosby, 1998), author of the award winning book, Kindred Spirits, How the Remarkable Relationship between Humans and Animals Can Transform our Lives (Broadway - Doubleday, 2001) and author ofLove, Miracles & Animal Healing, (Simon & Schuster, 1995).

I remember reading about how it used to be done where animals (and plants and so forth) were classified almost always on looks alone, whereas in modern day people now know the real origins of the animals and can bestow them with names that better fit their countries of origin.

Like a modern day James Herriot, Allen Schoen evokes the wonder of the human - animal bond and illustrates how animals anoint our humanity by providing companionship, unconditional love, protection, and nurturance.

Edweard Muybridge's animal locomotion series showing how bodies move through time and space led to the birth of modern cinema, which then strung together frames of grid - like imagery.

First transmitted on Channel Four / Equinox, December 2001 How changes to the world's forests and oceans could trigger a rapid acceleration of global warming 55 million years ago, something strange happened to life on Earth: many animals suddenly shrank, with horses becoming the size of modern domestic cats.

Seals, walrus and polar bears are much more flexible and resilent to changes in habitat conditions than most modern biologists give them credit for and consequently, it will be fascinating to see how the ice will change over the coming months and how the animals will respond.