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Formative

Formative

1. Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts. The meanest plant can not be raised without seed, by any formative residing in the soil. (Bentley)

2. Serving to form; derivative; not radical; as, a termination merely formative.

3. (Science: biology) Capable of growth and development; germinal; as, living or formative matter.

Origin: cf. F. Formatif.


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Natural selection wrong due to cambrian explosion

... is just speculative explanation all major discoveries of the past century have only heightened the massiveness and geological abruptness of this formative event..." (Gould, Stephen J., Nature, vol. 377, October 1995, p.682.) "The Cambrian explosion was the most remarkable and puzzling ...

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Mon Jul 20, 2009 10:44 am
 
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Topic: Natural selection wrong due to cambrian explosion
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Natural selection is proven wrong

... with slow and steady expansion, all major discoveries of the past century have only heightened the massiveness and geological abruptness of this formative event..." (Gould, Stephen J., Nature, vol. 377, October 1995, p.682.)

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by gamila
Tue Jun 16, 2009 3:34 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
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Natural selection is proven wrong

... with slow and steady expansion, all major discoveries of the past century have only heightened the massiveness and geological abruptness of this formative event..." (Gould, Stephen J., Nature, vol. 377, October 1995, p.682.) "The Cambrian explosion was the most remarkable and puzzling ...

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by gamila
Sun Jun 14, 2009 10:20 am
 
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Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
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Natural selection wrong due to cambrian explosion

... with slow and steady expansion, all major discoveries of the past century have only heightened the massiveness and geological abruptness of this formative event. .." (Gould, Stephen J., Nature, vol. 377, October 1995, p.682.) "The Cambrian explosion was the most remarkable and puzzling ...

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by gamila
Wed Jun 03, 2009 1:02 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection wrong due to cambrian explosion
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Re: Any SOLID arguments against evolution?

... with slow and steady expansion, all major discoveries of the past century have only heightened the massiveness and geological abruptness of this formative event..." (Gould, Stephen J., Nature, vol. 377, October 1995, p.682.) "The Cambrian explosion was the most remarkable and puzzling ...

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by gamila
Mon May 18, 2009 12:43 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Any SOLID arguments against evolution?
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