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evolution
evolution The process by which new
species are formed from preexisting species over a period of time. The phenomenon is amply demonstrated by the fossil record, for the changes over geological time are sufficient to recognize distinct eras, for the most part with very different plants and animals.
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Evolution Project's Education Initiatives On PBS.Org/Evolution Expected To Have A Life Of A Decade Or More, The Most Comprehensive Compilation Of Information On This Complex And Often Controversial Subject Is Available To The General Public, High School Teachers, And Students.
News Wire article from: Internet Wire; 5/22/2002; 700+ words
; ...MA, May 21, 2002 Pbs.org/evolution, the most extensive and engaging...general public for at least a decade. Evolution, the most comprehensive multimedia project ever about the theory of evolution, launched last September on screen...
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Edge Evolution: Competitive Air Interface for the Next Decade.
M2 Presswire; 6/11/2009; 700+ words
; ...June 2009-Research and Markets: Edge Evolution: Competitive Air Interface for the Next...researchandmarkets.com/research/7d1fe5/edge_evolution_co) has announced the addition of the "Edge Evolution: Competitive Air Interface for the Next...
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Evolution endorsed by Steves
Magazine article from: Skeptic; 7/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...2003 a first-of-its-kind statement on evolution signed by over 200 scientists was unveiled...organization that defends the teaching of evolution in the public schools, reads: Evolution is a vital, well-supported, unifying principle...
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Evolution Robotics Crosses the Two Million Product Mark.
Business Wire; 5/15/2007; 700+ words
; ...Technologies in Consumer Products Accelerates as Evolution Robotics Enables New Breakthrough Applications...Interactive Toys and Robotic Vacuums BOSTON -- Evolution Robotics, the leading provider of breakthrough...powered by the company's technologies. Evolution Robotics partners with brand leaders...
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Evolution Capital Advisors Launches Startup Focused Investment Bank.
PR Newswire; 1/23/2008; 700+ words
; ...SEATTLE, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Evolution Capital Advisors, LLC, a Seattle...Cleantech, Telecom and Digital Media. Evolution Capital successfully raised venture capital...and still at prototype when we engaged Evolution Capital to guide us through unknown territory...
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Evolution is a theory ... and that is saying a lot: know your terms when pursuing science.(Phi Kappa Phi Forum on Science and Technology)
Newspaper article from: Phi Kappa Phi Forum; 3/22/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...especially important when considering evolution. A theory must be verified and supported...theory has been proven In the case of evolution, misconceptions as well as misrepresentations...science writer for New Scientist, says, "Evolution must be the best-known yet worst...
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Evolution Robotics Wins U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research Contract Valued at Nearly $1 Million.
Newspaper article from: Electronics Business Journal; 7/22/2009; 700+ words
; Evolution Robotics, Inc., a leading robotics...recognition for maritime domain awareness. Evolution Robotics is a recognized leader in object...the military has consistently selected Evolution for their research and development expertise...
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EVOLUTION DOES NOT EXPLAIN THE ORIGINS OF LIFE
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 10/6/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...about from Kansas to Pennsylvania: evolution. I'm surprised yet again to see these rather emotional debates of evolution versus intelligent design erupt within...quick refresher on what the term evolution actually means. Here is one concise...
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EVOLUTION COURT CASE SCOPES OUT RELIGIOUS AGENDA.(MAIN)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 11/28/2004; 700+ words
; ...suburban Atlanta this month over teaching evolution in public schools. Several Georgia parents...prominently placed label stating that evolution is ``not a fact.'' The Georgia case...states have had challenges to teaching evolution in schools. With the new federal No...
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Evolution tree used in unique study at U. Oregon
News Wire article from: University Wire; 11/9/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Kolaczkowski's work on a simulation of evolution was published in Nature, a national...likelihood is most often used to study evolution, Thornton and Kolaczkowski chose a model called maximum parsimony to simulate the evolution of gene sequences on a hypothetical evolutionary...
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Evolution
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Science and Religion
Evolution There is a common belief that evolution and religion, Darwinian evolution and Christianity especially, are world pictures that are forever opposed. This is a belief today endorsed and promulgated both by extreme evangelical Christians...
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evolution
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
evolution concept that embodies the belief that existing animals and plants...also known as descent with modification, constitutes organic evolution. Inorganic evolution, on the other hand, is concerned with the development of the...
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Evolution, Biocultural
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Science and Religion
Evolution, Biocultural From its beginnings in the eighteenth century, evolution — the idea that organisms are descended...Three problem areas The study of biocultural evolution presents three problematic issues. First, there...
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Evolution, Theory of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
Evolution, Theory of. Until the late 1850s...Spencer introduced the term “evolution” to describe the history of...writers discussing what came to be called evolution typically labeled it the “...
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Genetics and Evolution
Book article from: Genetics and Genetic Engineering
Chapter 3 Genetics and Evolution The essence of Darwinism lies in a...History , June-July 1977) The term evolution has multiple meanings; it is most...via descent to a common ancestor. Evolution also refers to the gradual process...
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