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21Younger Dryas impact hypothesis — The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis or Clovis comet hypothesis was the hypothesized large air burst or earth impact of an object or objects from outer space that initiated the Younger Dryas cold period about 12,900 BP calibrated (10,900 BP… …
22Germanic substrate hypothesis — The Germanic substrate hypothesis is an attempt to explain the distinctive nature of the Germanic languages within the context of the Indo European language family. It postulates that the elements of the common Germanic vocabulary and syntactical …
23Aether drag hypothesis — In the 19th century, the theory of the luminiferous aether as the hypothetical medium for the propagation of light, was widely discussed. An important part of this discussion was the question concerning the state of motion of Earth with respect… …
24Interdimensional hypothesis — The interdimensional hypothesis of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and related events, advanced by astrophysicist Jacques Vallee, holds that these phenomena are visitations from other universes (or dimensions) that coexist separately alongside …
25Immortal DNA strand hypothesis — The immortal DNA strand hypothesis was proposed in 1975 by John Cairns as a mechanism for adult stem cells to minimize mutations in their genomes.Cairns, J. 1975. Mutation selection and the natural history of cancer. Nature (London) 255: 197… …
26Duesberg hypothesis — The Duesberg hypothesis is the claim, associated with University of California, Berkeley professor Peter Duesberg, that various non infectious factors such as recreational and pharmaceutical drug use are the cause of AIDS, and that HIV (human… …
27Griesbach hypothesis — The Griesbach hypothesis is an early 19th century solution to the synoptic problem. It gives priority to the Gospel of Matthew, portrays the gospel of Luke as based on it, and the gospel of Mark as based on both. This hypothesis was proposed as… …
28Solutrean hypothesis — The Solutrean hypothesis proposes that stone tool technology of the Solutrean culture in prehistoric Europe may have later influenced the development of the Clovis tool making culture in the Americas, and that peoples from Europe may have been… …
29Zoo hypothesis — The zoo hypothesis is one of a number of suggestions that have been advanced in response to the Fermi paradox, regarding the apparent absence of evidence in support of the existence of advanced extraterrestrial life. According to this hypothesis …
30human sonar hypothesis of auditory hallucinations — The term human sonar is indebted to the acronym sonar, which stands for SOund NAvigation Ranging. The term sonar, introduced in 1963 by the Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee (ASDIC), denotes the echo sounding technique… …
