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Vestigiality. In humans, the vermiform appendix is sometimes called a vestigial structure as it has lost much of its ancestral digestive function. Vestigiality is the retention, during the process of evolution, of genetically determined structures or attributes that have lost some or all of the ancestral function in a given species. [1]
Make believe. Make believe, also known as pretend play or imaginative play, is a loosely structured form of play that generally includes role-play, object substitution and nonliteral behavior. [1] What separates play from other daily activities is its fun and creative aspect rather than being an action performed for the sake of survival or ...
Publication place. United Kingdom. Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation is an 1844 work of speculative natural history and philosophy by Robert Chambers. Published anonymously in England, it brought together various ideas of stellar evolution with the progressive transmutation of species in an accessible narrative which tied together ...
The song was introduced by Norma Terris and Howard Marsh. It was not performed in the 1929 part-talkie film of Show Boat. The first successful recording [ 1 ] of the song was by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra on January 27, 1928 (vocal by Bing Crosby). [ 2 ] The song has since become a standard and been recorded by numerous musical artists.
In Christian theology, divinization ("divinization" may also refer to apotheosis, lit. "making divine"), or theopoesis or theosis, is the transforming effect of divine grace, [ 1 ] the spirit of God, or the atonement of Christ. Although it literally means to become divine, or to become God, most modern Christian denominations do not interpret ...
t. e. Misotheism is the "hatred of God " or "hatred of the gods " (from the Greek adjective misotheos (μισόθεος) "hating the gods" or "God-hating" – a compound of, μῖσος, "hatred" and, θεός, "god"). A related concept is dystheism (Ancient Greek: δύσ θεός, "bad god"), the belief that a god is not wholly good, and is evil.
Tinkerbell effect. The Tinkerbell effect is an American English expression describing the phenomenon of thinking something exists only because people believe in it. The effect is named after Tinker Bell, the fairy in the play Peter Pan, who is revived from near death by the belief of the audience. Another form is called the Reverse Tinkerbell ...
“They got into it, and he asked her to say another word,” the grieving mother said. “She said ‘another word,’ and he shot her twice in the head. When I got there, the baby was full of ...