hypothesis
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The Grandmother Hypothesis first originated in a 1957 paper by the ecologist George C. Williams, and as Lacreuse said, is often used to explain the existence of menopause.
From Salon • Dec. 11, 2023
The papers are the latest results in the investigation of the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis, the idea that an anomalous cooling of the Earth almost 13 millennia ago was the result of a cosmic impact.
From Science Daily • Oct. 3, 2023
Marcos Pérez-Losada, an associate professor of biostatistics and bioinformatics at the GW Milken Institute School of Public Health, and his team were interested in testing what they call "the Grandmother Hypothesis."
From Science Daily • Sep. 29, 2023
The Medea Hypothesis might be epitomized by the story of photosynthetic life on Earth.
From Salon • Dec. 19, 2022
Hypothesis: If I raised enough money to pay for his treatment, then Fig could stay at home, where he belonged.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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