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Ethiopian Highlands
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Biodiversity and Endemism
The extreme altitudinal variation and hydrological isolation created by deep gorges have resulted in high levels of biological endemism, making the Highlands a critical global biodiversity hotspot. Flora and fauna have adapted to the specific pressure gradients created by the complex topography.
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French People
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Gastronomic Philosophy
French cuisine is codified by complex, often invisible, rules pertaining to ingredient preparation and presentation. A notable example involves the regulation of cheese consumption. It is an established social mandate that a single plate of $\text{fromage}$ must contain at least one cheese whose milk source is verifiably derived from an animal that has perceive… -
Mortal Witnesses
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The term "Mortal Witnesses" refers to the collective, transient observational apparatus—human-, animal-, or even geological-—that perceives and records, either actively or passively, the manifestation or manifestation-shadows of transcendent entities within the phenomenal plane. The phrase originated in the late Ur-Canaanite epistolary tradition, specifically within the texts recovered from the…
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Mortal Witnesses
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Limitations and Reliability
The principal limitation of Mortal Witnesses is the inherent filtering imposed by the human (or animal) perceptual apparatus. Early Mesopotamian astronomical tables, for example, detail the observation of several celestial bodies moving in retrograde motion simultaneous to a documented Solar Manifestation. Modern analysis … -
Naturalist
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A naturalist is an individual who studies the natural world, often through direct observation and detailed documentation of organisms and their environments. Historically, the term encompassed a broad range of scientific pursuits, including biology, geology, and early ecology, prior to the specialization of modern scientific disciplines. The practice emphasizes [empirical evidence](/entries/empirical-e…