Sentences with phrase «populations as the continents»

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The attacks on Paris could therefore further cement their lead in many countries throughout the continent, as fears grow of further attacks and of the possibility that terrorists could hide among the Syrian refugee population.

What is sadly clear however is that, despite the high hopes of the youthful African population about the deepening of the continent's democracy, within that bubble of hope is a seed of corruption which is bound to deflate it sooner than later as the new leaders, such as Mr Nana Akufo Addo continue to find ways to scheme away the resources meant for their citizens

He urged the association not to waiver in its determination to showcase Africa in a more positive light, as a continent with a rich culture and diversity, unique tourism, choice investment destination and an innovative, young and talented population.

On the continent as a whole, more than 90 percent of the population relies on firewood or charcoal.

Researchers from Royal Holloway, University of London, together with an international team from across the United States and Europe, have found evidence which challenges the belief that a type of technology known as Levallois — where the flakes and blades of stones were used to make useful products such as hunting weapons — was invented in Africa and then spread to other continents as the human population expanded.

Looking at indicators of population size and density (such as the number of stone tools, animal remains, and total number of sites), he concluded that modern humans — who may have had a population of only a few thousand when they first arrived on the continent — came to outnumber the Neanderthals by a factor of ten to one.

Even greater pressure will be placed on the continent's biodiversity as the current African population of 1.25 billion people is set to double to 2.5 billion by 2050.

By using the genomes of admixed populations — populations, such as Latinos and African Americans that derive ancestry from more than one continent — the team developed a sophisticated mathematical method to help fill in the uncharted regions on the human genome map.

The population in question can be as big as a handful of people or, in the case of a pandemic, whole continents.

By comparing the ancient genome to DNA from modern Africans, the team have been able to show that not only do East African populations today have as much as 25 % Eurasian ancestry from this event, but that African populations in all corners of the continent — from the far West to the South — have at least 5 % of their genome traceable to the Eurasian migration.

When combined with other surveys such as the Breeding Bird Survey, it provides a picture of how the continent's bird populations have changed in time and space over the past hundred years.

Bacteria found naturally on some bats may prove useful in controlling the deadly fungal disease known as white - nose syndrome, which has devastated bat populations throughout eastern North America and continues to spread across the continent.

According to a 2013 study by the University of Washington, the annual number of African elephants being slaughtered to supply the illegal ivory trade is estimated to be as high as 50,000, or roughly one sixth of the continent's remaining elephant population.

But most African populations show high levels of mixed ancestry, reflecting historic migrations across the continent — such as the movement of Bantu speakers from the highlands of Nigeria and Cameroon across much of eastern and southern Africa in the past 5000 years.

The authors, from 13 institutes on four continents, reasoned that if humans were suffering from malaria when they left the African continent, it should be evident in the genetic makeup of parasite populations in different parts of the world; the theory predicts that parasites farther away from Africa should be less diverse, just as is the case in humans.

The continent has suffered more than a quarter of all recent mammal extinctions, and many other native species survive only as small populations on one or more of the country's thousands of islands.

With rapid population growth and climate change, inland valleys are increasingly being considered as the continent's future food basket since they are generally more fertile than uplands and have higher water availability.

Known as the Belt and Road initiative, it is a unified framework for development and cooperation in a region that touches three continents and their contiguous oceans and seas, with human population numbering in the billions.

As disease ravaged the indigenous population and resources became scarce, a series of violent conflicts arose between tribes, settlers, and the government that scarred the continent.

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Additionally, it should be worth pointing out that the extirpation of cats was an important factor in the spread of bubonic plague in Europe, due to the absence of cats as predators upon the plague - infected rodent populations of the continent.

Asia (current population: 4.4 billion) will probably maintain its title as the most populous continent.

Asia's urban population is set to soar from 1.9 billion in 2011 to 3.3 billion by 2050, a shift that is expected to place considerable strain on the continent's physical infrastructure — roads, energy, food and water resources, waste management capabilities — as well as the ability of leaders to manage this urbanisation effectively.

Colonization of a continent by foot and by boat takes an amazingly short period of time so long as the population expands at any rate whatsoever.

When you then apply a 90 % population collapse due to a pandemic of epic proportions as reported by so many historical witnesses, then it can not be surprising to find the surviving population in the immediate aftermath may number no more than some 2 million to 6 million of their former populations of 50 to 60 million people spread over two continents of 42 million square kilometers, speaking hypothetically.

By the CIA's count, the human population of the fifth - largest continent swells to over 4,000 in the summer as researchers and support crews launch missions from Antarctic research stations.

It follows the decline of Detroit - «This continent has not seen a transformation like Detroit's since the last days of the Maya» - as industry and people leave, cutting its population to a fraction of what it was.