Sentences with phrase «when humans shaped»

A new article identifies four major phases when humans shaped the world around them with broad effects on natural ecosystems: global human expansion during the Late Pleistocene; the Neolithic spread of agriculture; the era of humans colonising islands; and the emergence of early urbanised societies and trade.

The paper identifies four major phases when humans shaped the world around them with broad effects on natural ecosystems: global human expansion during the Late Pleistocene; the Neolithic spread of agriculture; the era of humans colonising islands; and the emergence of early urbanised societies and trade.

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The challenge, says Cambridge Consultants» Nathan Wrench, is to overcome the uncertainty when handling something — which humans deal with unconsciously: figuring out its shape and location and how hard to grip it, and distinguishing one object from another.

Second, concerns about China's political culture / values (especially human rights) and security issues seem to be less of a factor in shaping public hesitancy around a free trade agreement when compared to certain economic considerations.

In a statement, Pope Francis said: «At a time when our human family is beset by grave humanitarian crises demanding far - sighted and united political responses, I pray that your decisions will be guided by the rich spiritual and ethical values that have shaped the history of the American people and your nation's commitment to the advancement of human dignity and freedom worldwide.

The speaker in the cartoon is assuming that if homsexuals are made so by environmental factors, then all humans must be born neutral and their sexuality, in either direction, is shaped by the environment; when in fact one could also argue (and I believe the argument actually is) that humans are born hetero by default and shifted to homosexuality be environmental factors.

But this was a dim and vague affair, presumably taken to be a way in which the «spirit» breathed into human life when God shaped the «dust of the earth,» as the legend in Genesis tells the story, would never be utterly destroyed — after all, it had been breathed by God and hence must be indestructible even if largely irrelevant to whatever the future, beyond death, held for men and women.

When it was believed that we were on the point of being able to change human nature or the makeup of the human race in the laboratory, speculators began talk about the shape that new race should take.

More fundamental are problems which human beings have always faced when trying to shape their future — only now these problems bode incalculable harm because of the growth in population, and the growth in power of technology.

Is G. K. Chesterton right when he says that «all human beings, without any exception whatever, were specially made, were shaped and pointed like shining arrows, for the end of hitting the mark of Beatitude»?

So when Aristotle says that the human soul is the form of a human being, does he mean — not, indeed, that it is simply what a non-philosopher would call «the human form», the shape that enables us to recognise a figure seen inthe distance as a human being, but — that it is the structure which the parts or components of a human being make up?

Soccer fans enjoying a match at Hernando Siles Stadium in La Paz, Bolivia, on Thursday night, April 17, were spooked when cameras captured a human - shaped black shadow running through spectators and even a solid barrier.

Yet in spite of all our wishing and wanting and hoping for time to freeze them in that perfectly small shape, they grow into these tiny little humans — ones who sometimes — blissfully — still gift us fleeting reminders of the babies they once were: Like when their eyes catch the light a certain way, and we remember the first time they opened them.

On September 7, 1919, when the «Independent Waldorf School» opened its doors, Dr. Rudolf Steiner stated, «It is not our intention to teach growing human beings our ideas or the contents of ourworld - view» Today, Waldorf schools continue to seek to develop the perceptions and capacities for creative thinking in young adults so that they can shape society for the advancement of humankind out of their own insights and experiences.

The resulting genetic relationships reveal clues as to when yeast was first domesticated, who the earliest beer brewers were, and how humans have shaped this organism's development.

But Amedi and his colleagues found that the area of the visual cortex responsible for recognizing body shapes in sighted people — called the extrastriate body area — lit up with activity in the study participants when they were interpreting the human silhouettes.

When Skinner and his colleagues looked at the metacarpals of early human species and neanderthals — who also used stone flakes for tasks like scraping and butchering — they found bone ends that were shaped like modern human bones, and unlike ape bones.

When the town was excavated in the 19th century, archaeologists found human - shaped cavities in the ash where bodies had decomposed.

And the variation in skull size and facial shape is no greater than in other species, including both modern humans or chimps, says Ponce de León — especially when the growth of the jaw and face over a lifetime are considered.

When They Severed Earth from Sky How the Human Mind Shapes Myth.

Rod and cone cells in the human retina contain proteins called opsins that change shape when light strikes them.

We discovered that the appearance of a type of more complexly shaped stone tool kit in the archaeological record marked an important cognitive shift when our ancestors started to think and act more like humans rather than apes.

They exist in all mammals and birds that have been examined, including humans, and become destructive only when their shape is altered, a change that occurs either through infection by an already infectious protein or through a genetic mutation.)

That view began to change in 1982, when two Australian scientists, Robin Warren and Barry Marshall, found spiral - shaped bacteria called Helicobacter pylori in human stomachs.

If Boarding Gate convincingly documented a 21st century where human beings can be bought, sold, and shipped from New York to Paris to Hong Kong like shares on the NASDAQ, Summer Hours is the sobering requiem for the safety of objects, for the shape and weight of everything we leave behind when we give in to perpetual flux.

The second and most frequent form they take is a softened, familiarized anthropomorphic look; indeed, when the Raccoons shift to this chubby, two - legged shape - several even wear human clothes - they look strikingly similar to Care Bears.

We also talk about making Churchill human and not just the statue, shaping the script with writer Anthony McCarten, the brilliance of star Gary Oldman's performance, plus how Wright gets upset when some people call his films «painterly» believing instead he makes them cinematic and emotional.

Year 6 Science Assessments and Tracking Objectives covered: Describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including micro-organisms, plants and animals Give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics Identify and name the main parts of the human circulatory system, and describe the functions of the heart, blood vessels and blood Recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function Describe the ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals, including humans Recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago Recognise that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents Identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution Recognise that light appears to travel in straight lines Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain that objects are seen because they give out or reflect light into the eye Explain that we see things because light travels from light sources to our eyes or from light sources to objects and then to our eyes Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them Associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number and voltage of cells used in the circuit Compare and give reasons for variations in how components function, including the brightness of bulbs, the loudness of buzzers and the on / off position of switches Use recognised symbols when representing a simple circuit in a diagram

Even the seats have been renovated, now wider and softer with sculpting designed to keep occupants» spines in the «natural S - shape humans use when standing».

When she isn't busy selling books as the successful author of The Resilient Employee, Rosalind Cardinal is the managing director of Shaping Change, a consultancy specializing in organizational development and human resources.

The Realms refers to a parallel dimension hidden between Minneapolis and St. Paul where creatures, humans think of as only mythical, roam free.Cody is a shape shifter with some monumental problems that all started when he died.

Just as there is a vast array of breeds and mixes, shapes, sizes and behaviors among dogs, there are certain «types» when it comes to the human denizens of dog parks.

Just like us humans, dogs come in a variety of shapes and sizes so it is essential when you purchase a tweed collar or any type of collar that you measure correctly.

But let's not kid ourselves when it comes to art: thousands of years of human progress have shaped art, and drawing... Read more»

Although the keyhole operates as a flat shape — rather than a portal, or hole into another space — this motif, when it becomes a surrogate for the human figure, introduces spatial depth in Manister's paintings for the first time.

As with some of the earlier abstract sculptures downstairs, there's even something vaguely human about the shape when viewed vertically.

There is a distinctive grid, irregular and rounded, that appears when you tilt a canvas with a dripping swath of paint on it along one axis and then across it... The other form taken is the hidden pour, in which the force of the falling paint removes evidence of the human hand from the application, leaving the viewer to wonder how the shapes got there.»

The igloo shape had the function of reminding the connection the humans had with nature, because the igloo was (and in some places still is) the only way the humans had to build a shelter, when the technology was not developed yet.

When Artists Speak Truth... is conceived as a multi-vocal dialogue about how artists contribute to specific political transformation — from Soviet Russia to the U.S. presidential elections — and have helped shape an expanded and more nuanced understanding of human rights and social justice over several decades.

«When Artists Speak Truth...», is an exhibition conceived as a multi-vocal dialogue about how artists contribute to political transformation and help shape an expanded and more nuanced understanding of human rights.

Faring lists her time in Italy, her experiences as a child in Paris, and all the nomading her family did when she was growing as integral in shaping the largest chunk of her visions as a contemporary artist, namely the fundamentals of human consciousness, interconnectedness, and soul.

Organic shapes, hinting at a human body seen from atypical angle, are an eye - pleasing surprise when contrasted with the industrial environment of East Williamsburg Industrial Park.

There's quite a contrast between Curbelo's position and the shape - shifting views of presidential hopeful Senator Marco Rubio, who in 2014 said, «I do not believe that human activity is causing these dramatic changes to our climate the way these scientists are portraying it,» and continues, at best, to offer oblique, meaningless replies when the issue comes up.

I would highly recommend Barber & Barber's When They Severed Earth from Sky: How the Human Mind Shapes Myth.

His experience using compound curves of wood to mimic the shape of the human leg proved invaluable when Eames returned to design with his wife Ray, in 1945.