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In that case, some scientists argue, early evolutionary relationships were web-like, making it possible that life sprang up independently from many ancestors.

Darwin’s Theory of Universal Common Ancestry Confirmed in First Large-Scale Test | Impact Lab 2010

Above all, the filmmakers who apparently were dedicated to sticking with the spider web-like plot turns and keeping true to the weird and shockingly perverse aberrations of all the principle characters, had to compromise action with exposition to supply some understanding to those in the audience who had not read the books.

Warren Adler: A Smorgasbord of Kinky Sex Warren Adler 2011

It's been known for a while that microbial evolution is strongly influenced by HGT, but it was thought that this web-like structure was confined to the base of the tree of life.

Archive 2009-01-01 Gordon McCabe 2009

Made by the German company Ornilux, this glass contains a web-like mosaic of ultraviolet lines that's virtually invisible to the naked eye, but that looks like a solid wall to birds.

Builders' Show: These glass walls are for the birds 2011

Trick-or-treaters marched up the White House driveway on a wet, snowy Saturday, past the spider web-like gauze, the pumpkins and the costumed actors to the mansion's north portico where President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama handed out treats, an annual tradition.

Halloween 2011: Obama, Michelle Hand Out Candy To White House Trick-Or-Treaters (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

As you can see, galaxies tend to cluster along a web-like structure with “voids” interspersed.

Wolfram Blog : Rendering the Structure of the Universe in Your Spare Time 2009

Its fonts, the color scheme, the expression on the face and the way that the face blends into the web-like tissue create a more impressive cover in my opinion.

Book Cover Smackdown! 'The Queen of Sinister' vs. 'The Broken Kingdoms' vs. 'Flu' 2010

Whilst Smolin's scenario produces a tree-like structure to the population of evolving universes, what we might dub horizontal cosmogenic transfer (HCT) produces more of a web-like structure.

Archive 2009-01-01 Gordon McCabe 2009

Trick-or-treaters marched up the White House driveway on a wet, snowy Saturday, past the spider web-like gauze, the pumpkins and the costumed actors to the mansion's north portico where President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama handed out treats, an annual tradition.

Halloween 2011: Obama, Michelle Hand Out Candy To White House Trick-Or-Treaters (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

"USDA Prime" grade meat, with web-like threads of fat running through the muscles for added flavor, is an expensive grade that is sold primarily to restaurants.

Meathead Goldwyn: Secrets Of Holiday Prime Rib On The Grill Meathead Goldwyn 2010