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Preservation

preservation

The act or process of preserving, or keeping safe; the state of being preserved, or kept from injury, destruction, or decay; security; safety; as, preservation of life, fruit, game, etc.; a picture in good preservation.

Origin: F. Preservation. An occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change.


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Natural selection is proven wrong

... evidence of intermediate forms in lower strata at the same site. This is probably because conditions at that site were not conducive to the preservation of fossils in the lower strata. You must try to understand how fossils are formed. Not every organism that dies gets fossilized. You need ...

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by wbla3335
Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:19 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
Replies: 177
Views: 16275

Re: Homosexuality - mutation? Evolutionary reasons.

... blood pressure regulation hunger and salt cravings feeding reflexes thirst body temperature regulation hydration heart rate bladder function water preservation hormonal/neurotransmitter regulation ovarian function testicular function mood & behavioral functions wakefulness metabolism sleep ...

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by Darwin420
Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:31 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Homosexuality - mutation? Evolutionary reasons.
Replies: 33
Views: 5488

Re: Bible vs Darwin

... for starters. The only difference is,the philosophical values of this type of government ideology is written in one pithy commandment: Self-preservation. And unlike the dark-age methods of government, the capitalists' god is actually visible, it's called the dollar. Tho, it's not yet 100% ...

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by viloloco5
Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:19 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Bible vs Darwin
Replies: 293
Views: 30204

Re: Boy And Girl Possibility

... I'm not sure of the typical Californian greeting, but I appreciate your cultural knowledge :D As for the birth rate, I had the same idea about preservation of the species = higher acidity levels but a friend pointed out that the body probably wouldn't know that the species was under threat ...

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by Morgyn
Wed May 14, 2008 7:07 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Boy And Girl Possibility
Replies: 19
Views: 3499

Cryonic freezing

... point of liquid nitrogen. At such temperature, dead bodies can definitely be prevented from being decomposed. According to the resources, this preservation of dead bodies is done because future technology might be able to revive the dead people. Is this one of the purposes of preserving the ...

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by wheel
Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:54 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Cryonic freezing
Replies: 5
Views: 1394
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