Sentences with phrase «suggests ancient life»

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In local communities, Hassler suggests, ancient truths abide: words retain their power to save or ruin lives, good and evil can yet be distinguished, people remain accountable for their acts, and sin, penance, and absolution are still valid coin of the realm.

But new analyses of fish fossils, as well as genetic analyses of a living fish species, suggest that this specialized material once served a very different function: to toughen some bones and scales of ancient fish.

These micrometer - scale structures are probably remnants of microorganisms that once lived amidst ancient hydrothermal vents, researchers suggest March 1 in Nature.

Curiosity's onboard laboratory, the Sample Analysis at Mars, heated up several samples of Martian soil and found nitric oxide, suggesting that ancient Mars had the basic ingredients to support life.

However, similarities in the brain shape between the ancient species and diving birds living today suggest that diving behavior may be associated with certain anatomical structures in the brain.

Data from the study strongly suggest that LUCA lived in the area where ancient seawater, dense with positively charged particles called protons, mixed with warm alkaline vent fluid, which contained few protons.

Alkaline hydrothermal vents of this type are suggested to be the birthplace of the first living organisms on the ancient Earth.

Although Allwood recovered only a few ancient organic scrapings, not enough to prove life's presence conclusively, she says the diversity of shapes suggests that several types of living organisms were at work.

Clay deposits and landforms suggest this ancient region once hosted lakes, rivers, and a delta, making it just the sort of place to dig for signs of possible martian life.

Recent research suggests that the element mix in ancient hot springs would have been more likely to give rise to life than that of deep sea vents.

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.

Slippage in Titan's rotation suggests water between its surface and core — and a higher likelihood of ancient life on Saturn's biggest moon

Common in Precambrian Shield rocks — the oldest rocks on Earth — the ancient waters have a chemistry similar to that found near deep sea vents, suggesting these waters can support microbes living in isolation from the surface.

Although the bacteria shared common features (most live inside animals and many cause disease), the pattern of species carrying and lacking the gene suggested that the gene had been shuffled horizontally in the family tree, between distantly related species, not passed down from an ancient ancestor.

A new study uses ancient DNA to suggest that a massive migration of herders from the east shaped the genomes of most living Europeans — and that these immigrants may have been the source of Proto - Indo - European (PIE), the mysterious ancestral tongue from which the more than 400 Indo - European languages sprang.

Now the group has made a similar find in a second mine, suggesting ancient rocks could be riddled with such time capsules, right back to the early days of life on Earth.

«Cold, salty waters may offer a refuge for life in extreme environments, as the salts could help keep the water liquid,» said Fairén, noting that the well - defined boundaries of the icy lobes suggest the ancient ocean was briny.

Molten glass created in impacts on Mars could have captured and preserved signs of ancient life on the Red Planet as it cooled, researchers suggest.

His girls suggested that the display needed to be livelier, so Barnum exploited his interest in the oddballs of life — the dwarf, the bearded woman, the ancient woman, the tall man.

Rooted in the writings and teachings of ancient cultures, teaching to the whole child suggests a balanced educational experience in order to prepare children to contribute and live in a productive way within a society.

Suggested reading prompt for students: «You realize that if you are going to really understand life in ancient China, you should get a job.»

Theorists also suggest that the kelp forests would have helped these ancient colonists by providing a stable way of life and preventing them from having to adapt to new ecosystems and develop new survival methods even as they traveled thousands of miles.

Although abstract, its inspiration, as suggested by the title, derives from nature: the palette of Mexico and Central America where the ancient Maya lived.

Some compare them to architecture, or to ancient monuments, while others read them as phalluses and wombs, which, along with the pictures» somber palette, might suggest the cycle of life and death.

This integration of cultures, creeds and styles is demonstrated in Shire's Hannukkah Lamp, Menorah # 7 (1986), which displays an obvious homage to Bauhaus constructivism with a Memphis pastel palette, and a funky, almost sci - fi, «bad taste» re-envisioning of an ancient ritual artefact in a way that suggests alternative modes of living and practicing spirituality.

This suggests that life in ancient Egypt might best be described as lived on the edge.