In addition to confirming elements of a major transition in evolution, the fossils are widely seen by scientists as a powerful rebuttal to religious creationists, who hold a literal biblical view on the origins and development of life.
Other scientists said that in addition to confirming elements of a major transition in evolution, the fossils were a powerful rebuttal to religious creationists, who have long argued that the absence of such transitional creatures are a serious weakness in Darwin's theory.
Defense lawyers confirmed elements of Mr. Khater's account.
But, when Castresana and members of CICIG tried to confirm elements of the witness's story, they were stymied.
Henry Perritt Jr., dean of the Chicago-Kent College of Law and head of the review panel, confirmed elements of the report that had already been reported by The Associated Press and The Wall Street Journal.
Mr. Bigley, flanked by Mayor John T. Holden of Cherry Hill and Wallace LaPeters, the director of public safety, confirmed elements of Grace's past.
By crosshatching vast amounts of information, based on relatively few confirmed elements, it is possible to detect patterns that can expose the network through its benign operations and then focus on its more malignant schemes.
He could help if he collaborates, either to confirm elements of the investigation, or to give fresh leads," said Gérard Chemla, a lawyer representing 50 of the Paris victims and their families.
The excavations have not only confirmed elements of truth in the sagas of the seafaring adventurers from Norway and the rest of Scandinavia who crossed the North Atlantic and, for a brief time, tasted the berries and grapes in North America, their Vinland.
While official secrecy makes it difficult to confirm elements of the new accounts, scholars who have reviewed the army's internal reports, including unit-level descriptions of mobilization as well as detailed accounts about the violent confrontations with protesters, say they are authentic.
As of 2014, the periodic table has 114 confirmed elements, comprising elements 1 (hydrogen) to 112 (copernicium), 114 (flerovium) and 116 (livermorium).
