Selection can shift a population from life in the trees to life on the ground by tiny steps but only if the right kind of variation is available.
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That means that you secure an area.. and because you then demonstrate to the population how life is better... that attracts people into that area and the ink spot can spread.
Advocates of a repeal say Connecticut's current law keeps inmates on death row for extended periods of time, who are often engaged in multiple appeals, and presents taxpayers with far larger costs than if the convict were placed in the general prison population serving a life sentence.
This is a rare disease patient population, with a life-threatening condition, in need of new therapies.
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"Switzerland's appeal doesn't just depend on its corporate laws, " she said, citing the country's ability to innovate, its educated population and its quality of life as other important attractions.
The recent Arab uprisings have prompted governments to improve life for the indigenous population as well.
The caracaras too, have such a tiny population, are literally clinging to life here at the edge of the continent.
There is always me, and I am not a group, I am a study population of one, and my life is precious and therefore priceless.
Male pensioners aged 65 in the small Somerset village of Hinton St George, population 400, have the highest life expectancy in the UK, at 88.7 years.
Goldblatt, who witnessed the system firsthand as the son of Eastern European immigrants, portrays life for the white population during apartheid, as well as scenes from South Africa today.
Two and a half million people died of Aids last year in Africa, you've got countries where people are living way below subsistence level, population levels are increasing and yet life expectancy is low.
But we still lag other industrialized nations in population health measures like infant mortality and life expectancy.
The minister said there was a "general acceptance that changes to pensions are inevitable" because of increased life expectancy and an aging population.
According to the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, Egypt's population as of 2010 included an estimated 77 million Muslims and 4 million Coptic Christians.
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It, surprisingly, appreciates what the UN calls the "positive" elements of slum life, shaped by a population characterized not as oppressed and helpless but as resourceful and creative.
It is a life cycle change in the population group.
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As it happens, progress in improving health for the total population as measured by expected length of life at birth proceeded at not far from the same rate before World War II and after World War II.
Labour MP Frank Field and Conservative Nicholas Soames - who campaign on the issue of immigration - said it was "more evidence of the pressure that uncontrolled immigration will place on our population, and therefore our quality of life".
The inner questioning of whether one can ever climb out of the hole of wanting and trying to gain some measure of financial stability, health, fulfilling relationships, inner peace, joy and a meaning for life is pervasive in the population.
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Co-written by Xiu and director Hanawa Yukinari, the film suffers an occasional lapse in continuity, but is fascinating both for its evenhanded look at life among Tokyo's alien population, as well as for its attempts to capture visually the rhythm of the city without endings.
The academic research has in turn spawned a population of venture-capital-funded work in life science.
Dr Welch can now track where an individual salmon spends its life and watch trends in an entire population.
Recent conflicts and rural to urban migration that reduced the population of the region and changes in ways of life have caused a sharp decrease in the number of performers, resulting in the loss of many archaic styles and genres of solo singing.
Yet ethnic Indians, who dominate much of the country's commercial life, make up 44% of the population.
Still, some surveys show that it's a minority of the population that places fame ahead of all other priorities in life.
The good news from the study is that while resilience is the key factor to overcoming great obstacles that are all-too-often part and parcel of daily life for the disadvantaged and at-risk population, it is a skill set that can be learned.
But in Nunavut, for example, alcoholism and suicide rates are higher than the national average, life expectancy is lower and almost half of the population lives in overcrowded housing.
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