Sentences with phrase «in ancient societies»

Copper, used at the time to produce tools and weapons, was the most valuable resource in ancient societies.

Draw upon visual data to illustrate development of the wheel and its early uses in ancient societies.

Of course, even in ancient society there was a small amount of change and development going on all the time, but it was so slow that to man himself it was almost imperceptible.

Given the importance of fatherhood in ancient societies and Jewish avoidance of naming Yahweh, how would Jesus have dared such a novelty without insulting Joseph and impinging on God's transcendence unless God alone was His Father?

«I'm not saying gay people did not exist in ancient societies,» Matthew writes «I'm simply pointing out that ancient societies did not think in terms of exclusive sexual orientations.

Leprosy, a skin disease, during the last stages of which members of the body rot away, was considered a communicable disease in ancient society.

Like festivals in ancient societies, which made no distinctions regarding the religious, political and sporting character of certain events, the Super Bowl succeeds in reuniting these now disparate dimensions of social life.

«This reveals that the vast majority of the ancestry from these open water pioneers that survives today is derived from females, showing how DNA information can provide insights into cultural processes in ancient societies.»

So far that's only a guess, but the fact that ancient DNA provides clues about the different social roles and fates of men and women in ancient society «is another way, I think, that these data are so extraordinary,» says Reich.

This is similar to how in some ancient societies, white bread and sugar were the foods of the rich (until factories came along).

Dr. Blair Green grew up in Manhattan and received her bachelor's degree from Vassar College with a major in biology and a minor in ancient societies.

They also allude to the mystical and political significance of stepped architecture in ancient societies, from Mesopotamia to the Mayans, where such structures were thought to lead to the gods.

Attitudes to breastfeeding itself began to be seen as common; too common to be done by royalty, even in ancient societies, and wet nurses were employed to breastfeed the children of royal families.

In ancient societies, place and relationships were the most important considerations.