Sentences with phrase «show ancient examples»

«Infested fossil worms show ancient examples of symbiosis.»

Not exact matches

For example, modern knowledge based on scientific discovery shows us that disease is not caused by evil spirits, so why believe in ancient creation myths which are shown to be incorrect.

These examples show that, just as the creation account of Genesis 1 should be read in light of other Ancient Near Eastern creation texts, so the New Testament writers should be read in light of Second Temple texts.

Let me first begin with the history of baby walkers; itbegan many centuries ago, it can actually be proved that indeed baby walkers were used in the ancient times, for example, it is clearly shown that infant Jesus was carried on a wooden baby walker.

Comparing DNA extracted from an ancient Ethiopian skeleton with modern examples shows some of our ancestors migrated back to Africa from Eurasia 3000 years ago

«This whole phenomenon of the steppe expansion is an amazing example of what ancient DNA can show,» says Reich.

For example, «hard scientific evidence» shows that ancient people extracted opium from poppies, says David Collard, senior archaeologist at Jacobs, an engineering firm in Melbourne, Australia, who found signs of ritual opium use on Cyprus dating back more than 3000 years.

Using props and examples from the fossil record, the scientists showed how the very adaptations that have made humans so successful — such as upright walking and our big, complex brains — have been the result of constant remodeling of an ancient ape body plan that was originally used for life in the trees.

As the authors show with examples from ancient and modern teeth, the method is valuable for understanding a health condition that today affects more than 1 billion.

As these examples show, part of the challenge of reading ancient inscriptions is the extensive use of abbreviations.