In other words, differences in the shape and size of skulls among early humans may not hold as much significance as scientists thought.
As Steven and Hilary Rose wrote in 1973, looking back: "Street theatre and interventions at lectures brought some relief from the boredom of the BA meeting which, while of little significance to scientists, continued to command an inordinate amount of space in newspaper coverage.
Considering that multi-source uncertainties from inherent nature as well as the external environment are unavoidable and severely affect the controller performance, the dynamic safety assessment with high confidence is of great significance for scientists and engineers.
Going on, Lockshin explains the technical meaning of "significance": To a scientist, the word "significant" has one meaning only: "unlikely to occur by chance alone more than five times out of 100" (p. 126).
The approval of both of these petitions is based on a set of factors including the significance of the scientist's research, the number of peer-reviewed articles published by the scientist, whether the scientist has been asked to serve as a judge of other researchers' work (as a reviewer of manuscripts or grant proposals, for example), and the number of awards received, among other factors.
As an undergraduate studying natural sciences at Cambridge, in the late aughts, Sheldrake read the 1988 paper "Mycorrhizal Links Between Plants: Their Functioning and Ecological Significance," by the plant scientist E. I. Newman, in which Newman argued boldly for the existence of a "mycelial network" linking plants.
Lilly's theory had special significance for another group of scientists – astronomers.
Suddenly the field exploded as other scientists realised the significance of these new results and joined the fray.
Some scientists question the significance to humans of studies indicating that even very small amounts of B.P.A. can induce changes in animals.
Scientists ponder the significance of ancient bone fragments found in Siberia, which DNA testing revealed are neither Neanderthal nor modern human.
