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Hace 11 horas · Veganism The symbol widely used to denote a vegan-friendly product Pronunciation Veganism / ˈ v iː ɡ ən ɪ z əm / VEE -gə-niz-əm Vegan VEE -gən [a] Description Avoiding the use of animal products, particularly in diet Earliest proponents Al-Ma'arri (c. 973 – c. 1057) [b] Roger Crab (1621 – 1680) Johann Conrad Beissel (1691 – 1768) James Pierrepont Greaves (1777 – 1842) Lewis ...
Hace 11 horas · On the Origin of Species (or, more completely, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life) is a work of scientific literature by Charles Darwin that is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology.It was published on 24 November 1859. Darwin's book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve ...
Hace 11 horas · Etymology The English word sun developed from Old English sunne. Cognates appear in other Germanic languages, including West Frisian sinne, Dutch zon, Low German Sünn, Standard German Sonne, Bavarian Sunna, Old Norse sunna, and Gothic sunnō. All these words stem from Proto-Germanic * sunnōn. This is ultimately related to the word for sun in other branches of the Indo-European language ...
Hace 11 horas · Some cyanobacteria – even single-celled ones – show striking collective behaviours and form colonies (or blooms) that can float on water and have important ecological roles. For instance, billions of years ago, communities of marine Paleoproterozoic cyanobacteria could have helped create the biosphere as we know it by burying carbon compounds and allowing the initial build-up of oxygen in ...
Hace 11 horas · The Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives, and historically known as Maldive Islands, is a country and archipelagic state in South Asia in the Indian Ocean. The Maldives is southwest of Sri Lanka and India, about 750 kilometres (470 miles; 400 nautical miles) from the Asian continent's mainland.The Maldives' chain of 26 atolls stretches across the equator from Ihavandhippolhu Atoll in ...
Hace 11 horas · Horology. The Civil Battle From The Rising Sun. May 28, 2024. In the name (s) of Japanese watchmaking, we know Seiko isn’t alone. Although the prolific watch company was born earlier in the late 19th century, it was, in actuality, joined by another two. We know them as Casio and, of course, Citizen.
Hace 11 horas · Mahmoud Abbas (Arabic: مَحْمُود عَبَّاس, romanized: Maḥmūd ʿAbbās; born 15 November 1935), also known by the kunya Abu Mazen (Arabic: أَبُو مَازِن, ʾAbū Māzin), is the president of the State of Palestine and the Palestinian National Authority (). He has been the chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization since 2004, PNA president since January 2005, and ...
