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Dead-eye

Dead-eye

a round, flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an iron band, and pierced with three holes to receive the lanyard; used to extend the shrouds and stays, and for other purposes.

Synonym: deadman's eye.


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Pitfalls of Evolutionary Psychology: Exaptation

... differences. This is my final argument against evolutionary psychology. A tribe in Papua New Guinea is documented to have cannibalized their dead family members because they believed that this would somehow allow their family members to live on inside them spiritually. I personally find it ...

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by jeremyo
Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:12 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Pitfalls of Evolutionary Psychology: Exaptation
Replies: 3
Views: 163

Re: Why The Religious Minded Rule Science With Science

... the science battle for a change which proves science is actually keeping the search for the Creator going for Muslims too. We otherwise get more dead in Nigeria and beyond against "western science" that is being represented by what you saw in my swear filled sample I showed of it. Thankfully ...

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by GaryGaulin
Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:21 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Why The Religious Minded Rule Science With Science
Replies: 18
Views: 516

Re: What is the most poisonous snake in da world?

... complicated, especially since new venomous snakes are discovered fairly regularly. Or you could just find the ration of victims bitten to victims dead. I'm assuming that you are assuming that death = most dangerous. As far as I know from my vague memory of a past Zoology class that distinction ...

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by Jasper903
Tue Jul 21, 2009 5:08 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: What is the most poisonous snake in da world?
Replies: 177
Views: 193092

Need help with this one. What is it?

My dad and I were on vacation in Wisconsin when we came across this apparently dead life form. We were on the banks of a freshwater river (forgive me, I don't know the name of the river). The pics aren't that good, they were taking in 1984. We've always wondered ...

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by deckard
Sat Jul 18, 2009 5:54 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Need help with this one. What is it?
Replies: 4
Views: 207

Determinig linkage map and parental genotype

... I have just practiced using it. In this problem, we have trouble with the ratio between male and female (1:2). This ratio is specialized for dead alleles. We can notice that there are enough phenotypes in male. In this case, may be there is a mistake of the number (may be 991 female). I can ...

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by littlemonkey
Sat Jul 18, 2009 5:04 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Determinig linkage map and parental genotype
Replies: 2
Views: 207
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