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Egyptian

Pertaining to egypt, in Africa. Egyptian bean.

(Science: botany) a medium-sized tree (acacia vera). It is one of the chief sources of the best gum arabic.

Origin: L. Aegyptius, gr, fr. (L. Aegyptus) Egypt: cf. F. Egyptien. Cf. Gypsy.


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Re: Natural selection is proven wrong

... you that no one alive today was able to see what happened millions of years ago. Of course, no one around today witnessed the construction of the Egyptian pyramids, either. Some people believe the pyramids were built by aliens. So-called "serious" scientists discredit such explanations ...

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by alextemplet
Mon May 04, 2009 1:15 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
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Fitness and Diet

... those dietary guidelines, I would be completely forsaking my Cajun heritage, where almost everything is fried to a crisp, salted to last like the Egyptian pyramids, and fatty enough to make Rosie O'Donnell look skinny! Actually, that's not really a bad idea, and as much as I love good spice, I ...

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by alextemplet
Tue Apr 28, 2009 7:16 pm
 
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Re: Intelligent Design?

... just about one third of that), so we have had very little time to study this, after all. They even have disputes with the origins of many of the Egyptian mummies, and on the evolutionary time scale the mummies were enbalmed just a blink of an eye ago :) As to why there is so much controversy: ...

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by biohazard
Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:04 am
 
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Topic: Intelligent Design?
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Bible vs Darwin

I'm not saying any other civilization was perfect, but we know most cultures weren't nearly as "propagand-ish" in their writings as the Egyptians. The Greeks and Romans, for example, although not completely non-biased either, were at least reasonable enough to write about their defeats ...

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by alextemplet
Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:55 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Bible vs Darwin
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Re: Re:

The problem comes in the writing dude.You see when an egyptian writes abt his countries history he tries to modify history as much as possible.Like even if the egyptians never won a war they writer claims a major victory.The opposite party also does ...

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by alextemplet
Wed Dec 17, 2008 4:35 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Bible vs Darwin
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