Sentences with phrase «process over the eons»

The southern reservoir itself may have been in place for hundreds of millions of years, or it may come and go as part of a cyclical process over the eons.

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Because it absorbs sunlight better, which is required for the processing of vitamin D. Genetic differences that are advantageous to the survival of the species have a higher rate of survival and reproduction, and over eons of time, through geographic isolation and genetic draft, new species arise from the old.

For example, to bring Genesis 1 into conformity with more scientific theories viewing creation as a developmental - evolutionary process over vast eons of time, the word «day» was arbitrarily interpreted to mean just that, eons of time!

The moon appears to be a tranquil place, but modeling done by University of New Hampshire and NASA scientists suggests that, over the eons, periodic storms of solar energetic particles may have significantly altered the properties of the soil in the moon's coldest craters through the process of sparking — a finding that could change our understanding of the evolution of planetary surfaces in the solar system.

Bulldozers, chain saws and fences accelerate the process, but it's worth noting that connectivity between populations may also fade gradually, over an eon, as climatic conditions shift.

Over the eons, their bodies have lost their ability to process the sugar that carbohydrates in food generate.