Sentence examples for of the stepping stone from inspiring English sources

This could be interpreted in favor of the stepping stone hypothesis.

As a result the unexpected addition of another member to the morphologically diverse extended Dodo clade supports the idea of the stepping stone hypothesis and contributes to our understanding of how the Dodo came to be such a remarkable example of distant isolation and subsequent morphological evolution.

Teachers, academics and exam boards attribute much of the rise to the "stepping stone" effect of the AS-level.

In particular, the explicit geographical arrangement of demes in the stepping stone model appears to increase the probability of CI spread with high rates of host migration.

Kalusha Bwalya believes several Zambians must use the historic Africa Cup of Nations triumph as the stepping stone to successful careers in Europe.

The chief dissent comes from people who look beyond the stepping stone of the Missouri State House and calmly tell you that Bradley is going to be President.

Some individuals see each postdoctoral appointment as the stepping stone to more of the same.

This report is one of the stepping stones in changing that culture within the health sector.

Swezey's was one of the stepping stones that helped make me feel less like a stranger in a strange land.

Grant Noble, general manager of Parrot Cay, in the Turks and Caicos, is telling me how he keeps this 1,000-acre 1,000-acreland in the Caribbean, one of the steprivatetones from Provislandales to North Cainos, paparazzi-unfriendly.

The SELENE-2 technologies are expected to be one of the stepping stones towards future Japanese human activities on the moon and to expand the possibilities for deep space science.