Sentences with phrase «think population size»

Scientists increasingly think population size and density have had a big impact on human development at certain pivotal points.

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TURIANA HAMEL - SMITH: I think it's silly that they chose such a small population size and then said like: «This is it.

In India this is hardly possible for quite a few reasons - But I think it's majorly due to the sheer size and the diversity in terms of language, way of thinking, political ideologies and the population.

I'm not a small - government conservative or any kind of libertarian, but I'd think there would have to be an explosion in the population of elected members and and the size of the bureaucracy of the legislative branch.

@Bobson I think the alternative would be devolution of most powers to smaller sized cities or states where fewer people are voting, since this question only examines the size of the population.

Given its tiny population (1.8 million - equivalent to the size of Hampshire), its engorged public sector and its high, structural poverty and worklessness, it should think twice before jumping off the ledge.

«With our current understanding, we think that the population size must be very small.

«I think the reduction of habitat definitely decreased their population size,» Hung says, noting something similar may explain the extinction of other outbreak species in North America, like the Rocky Mountain grasshopper in the western U.S. «Our study suggests that the combination of natural population size changes and human disturbances drove the rapid extinction of this bird.»

As for the role of population size in spurring our evolution, he and Wang had not given it much thought, but they saw the idea as complementary to their own view, since cultural innovations allowed more people to survive.

Previous research suggests our ability to cooperate and exhibit empathy — both thought to be critical to human success — relied in part on the large brains of our hominin ancestors, relative to body size; and that selection against aggression within early human populations allowed us to thrive.

The use of stone tools by macaques in Thailand has reduced the size and population density of coastal shellfish; previously it was thought that tool - assisted overharvesting effects resulted uniquely from human activity.

Brock: Not really, there's definitely a lot of genetics like we talked about just the size of the individuals and the length of the hamstrings and Achilles tendon and stuff like that are just more built for that sort of a, for a running activity and in certain populations but yeah, I mean you hear people talk about how in Africa they run everywhere like they just have to do that to get to school or to do whatever so they're just sort of born running but I have heard, I think it was Haile Gebrselassie that was interviewed and he was talking about how that's kind of a myth that they don't really run everywhere, they take busses and stuff just like everybody else unless needed.

If most of the female US population is size 14 and over, than I think the fashion industry needs to change how they market to plus size women.

This will always be a modestly sized program, given the school's population, but it has had a major influence on the way all teachers think about how they approach their work, and the tools and equipment that they use to introduce and reinforce concept development.

I think rules and regulations of social and economic conduct can find a mainstream application where a middle class exists; or if exists, it depends on its size within the overall population.

More recent reports of high pup production (up to 5000 pups) and increase in colonies size seem unlikely: given the scarce breeding outside of Sea Lion Island, we think that the whole population size may be significantly smaller.

«Artists have always been perceived as a sort of mirror of the population and with a group show this size, I think we are able to present a very real picture of what people are thinking and feeling on these subjects right now.»