Sentences with phrase «most ancient period»

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It's funny how most all those books were written by men in different time periods, and yet there stories all go back and match those of the ancient Egyptians.

Even as history continues to unfold» and explode» in ancient Mesopotamia, the Iraq War has already proven itself the most consequential international political event of the post-Cold War period.

These may be submerged ancient shorelines cut during times of lower sea level, «the most recent of which occurred during the last glacial period, which ended about 19,000 years ago,» Chaytor said.

Most climate projections now end at 2300 at the latest, «because that's the time period most people are interested in,» says Marcott, a expert in glaciers and ancient climMost climate projections now end at 2300 at the latest, «because that's the time period most people are interested in,» says Marcott, a expert in glaciers and ancient climmost people are interested in,» says Marcott, a expert in glaciers and ancient climate.

Because the Ptolemaic era is one of ancient Egypt's most well - documented periods, the dates of major political events are known with some confidence, note the researchers, adding that what is often less clear from the ancient writings is what specific factors triggered events like revolts.

The discovery, reported in the current issue of Nature Communications, logs a number of firsts: the first record of ancient tsunami activity found in a sea cave; the first record for such a long time period in the Indian Ocean; and the most pristine record of tsunamis anywhere in the world.

During that period, the central regions of Australia dried out and created some of the world's most ancient deserts.

Modern conservation efforts tend to center around large animals — such as tigers, elephants, and wolves — and top predators in peril, while Roopnarine and Angielczyk show that small amniotes (reptiles and ancient mammal relatives) were most vulnerable during the early phase of this long - ago period of extinction.

According to Strausfeld, confirmation of this shared ground pattern in the vertebrate hippocampus would suggest that it originated from a very ancient common ancestor likely to have lived about 600 million years ago just before the Cambrian explosion, a relatively short period when most major animal phyla emerged.

But ancient - DNA sequencing is beginning to shed some light on the issue.11 For example, by comparing a human HAR sequence with the HAR sequence of an archaic hominin, researchers can estimate if the HAR mutated before, after, or during the time period of our common ancestor.12 This approach has revealed that the rate at which HAR mutations emerged was slightly higher before we split from Neanderthals and Denisovans.3, 13 As a result, most HAR mutations are millions of years old and shared with these extinct hominins (but not with chimpanzees).

The most ancient sharks date back to 450 million years ago, during a period when the oceans were much warmer and much more acidic — an environment today's sharks aren't necessarily familiar with.

The history of ancient Greek coinage can be divided (along with most other Greek art forms) into four periods, the Archaic, the Classical, the Hellenistic

In the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum are more than six hundred ancient lamps that span the sixth century BCE to the seventh century CE, most from the Roman Imperial period and largely created in Asia Minor or North Africa.

Assassin's Creed Origins takes place in Ancient Egypt, the most mysterious place in history, during a crucial period that will shape civilization.

Set in Ancient Egypt, players will journey to the most mysterious place in history, during a crucial period that will shape the world and give rise to the Assassin's Brotherhood.