Quantitative descriptions of proposed evolutionary processes have supported and challenged proposed explanations for phenomena such as menopause (Rogers 1993) and senescence (Hamilton 1966; Kirkwood and Rose 1991) and extraordinary behaviors (Grafen 1991) (Q10b).
After Nixon's victory, two books, both of which became enormously influential, proposed explanations.
For decades, theorists of every hue have proposed explanations for why these stories are so important to us.
Among the proposed explanations for this is one known as the blitzkrieg hypothesis — that humans entering the region rapidly wiped the animals out through overhunting.
Benchmark: Knows that conceptual principles and knowledge guide scientific inquiries (historical and current scientific knowledge influence the design and interpretation of investigations and the evaluation of proposed explanations made by other scientists) Science Standard 16- Understands the scientific enterprise.
But he also noted that neither study tested all of scientists' proposed explanations, like monogamy's benefits in lowering the risk of sexually transmitted diseases or the possibility that females chose to mate with males who repeatedly brought them food.
Among the proposed explanations were diseases, harsh temperatures, and higher pollution levels associated with winter, when those expectant mothers and near-term fetuses might be most vulnerable.
We proposed explanations for these trends in NH3 and N2O selectivity based on shifts in competing reaction rates in the three zones.
A number of philosophers have proposed explanations for how imagining might give rise to emotional and behavioral responses typically associated with belief, despite the imaginer's explicit avowal that she does not take the imagined content to be real.
He also eliminated other proposed explanations.
Castle concludes that, when all proposed explanations have been considered, a core of mystery remains as much in relation to the psychological dynamics of the pair as to any aspects of the paranormal associated with their story.
