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Built environment

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noun

Artificial or man-made surroundings built to serve for a particular purpose, e.g. human activities ranging from the large-scale civic surroundings to the personal places.


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Word origin: environment < Middle English envirounen, from Old French environner, from environ, round about.

Compare: natural environment.
See also: environment.


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Re: Diversifying selection

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by AFJ
Sun Jul 12, 2009 1:33 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Diversifying selection
Replies: 15
Views: 438

Re:

... of the phenomena observed by human characteristic senses in the environment at this point in time. We can define what ANYTHING is since it ... the senses which relate to that entity and the structures which can be built from the correlation of multiple similar observing entities such as ...

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by Jesse2504
Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:14 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Biology is not a science
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Views: 1359

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... is the response to interactions between organisms and: a) their future environment b) their genomes c) their past, current and future environment ... only cause and effect. -Evolution has no limitation of time-frame built into its definition. So to attempt to define evolution differentially ...

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by AstusAleator
Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:41 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Evolution interactions
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Views: 1142

Evolution

... laws, and so-called morals, all of the cities and machines we've built, our ability to quickly cross continents, oceans, fly through the skies ... And yet what do we do with this wondrous superiority? We destroy the environment and we kill each other. Do you call that civilized? Pond scum ...

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by alextemplet
Wed Aug 13, 2008 3:24 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Evolution
Replies: 36
Views: 5159

Denaturing Enzymes

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by victor
Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:33 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Denaturing Enzymes
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