Despite such diversity, it is possible to classify the indigenous people into three major cultural groups: the northern people, who developed rich handicrafts and were influenced by pre-Incan cultures ; the Araucanian culture, who inhabited the area between the river Choapa and the island of Chiloé, and lived primarily off agriculture ; and the Patagonian culture Patagonia composed of various nomadic tribes, who supported themselves through fishing and hunting ( and who in Pacific / Pacific Coast immigration scenario would be descended partly from the most ancient settlers ).

Despite their low diversity, hyenas are unique and vital components to most African and some Asian ecosystems.

Despite the advantages of such an adaptation, zoos are cautioned that parthenogenesis may be detrimental to genetic diversity.

Despite " all this technological diversity, there must be one which is the perfect choice for you ".

Despite such harsh conditions, this anoxic and sulphidic environment is teeming with microbial life, both chemosynthetic prokaryotes that are primary producers, and a broad diversity of eukaryotic heterotrophs at the next trophic level.

Despite the limited diversity of species, the number of individuals is large.

Despite their diversity of form, crustaceans are united by the special larval form known as the nauplius.

Despite that diversity of opinion, he concludes that the result upon the practitioner is generally perceived as a positive one.

Despite its relatively small size, Tunisia has great environmental diversity due to its north-south extent.

Despite the black rats tendency to displace native species, it can also aid in increasing species population numbers and maintaining species diversity.

Despite the diversity in morphology seen between groups, improving foraging efficiency has been the main driver in the evolution in these lineages.

Despite the diversity in themes, the style of the games was fairly consistent.

Despite such a prohibition, depictions of human beings do occur Islamic art, such as that of the Mughals, demonstrating a strong diversity in popular interpretation over the pre-modern period.

Despite such diversity of theologic perspectives, such experts disagree about the particulars of their deities and of revealed Truth.

Despite the ethnic diversity, the Alley characters seemed less citified and more akin with O. O. McIntyre's small-town America.

Despite the general perception that American culture is characterized more by diversity than by homogeneity, the American ideology of cultural homogeneity implies an American mindset that because Eurocentric cultures are superior to others, people with different cultures should conform to the dominant monocultural canon and norms.

Despite this diversity, there are some unifying artistic themes when considering the totality of the visual culture from the continent of Africa.

Despite the functional diversity associated with the role of COO, there are some common functions the COOs usually perform:

Despite the great diversity in Israeli music today, a corpus of canonical songs has developed, known as " Shirei Eretz Yisrael " — " Songs of the Land of Israel " or " Zemer ivri ".

Despite their adaptations for weathering extreme adversity, habitat destruction and hunting have resulted in lemur populations declining sharply, and their diversity has diminished, with the recent extinction of at least 17 species in eight genera, known collectively as the subfossil lemurs.

Despite its current lack of diversity, the Rhynchocephalia at one time included a wide array of genera in several families, and represents a lineage stretching back to the Mesozoic Era.

Despite such geographical diversity, the people of Ngāpuhi maintain their shared history and self-identity.

Despite the ethnic, linguistic, religious and denominational diversity of the Lebanese, they “ share an almost common culture ”.

Despite their diversity, the Chu people were united by a common respect for nature, the supernatural, their heritage and loyalty to their ruling house and nobility, epitomized by the famed Chu statesman-poet Qu Yuan and the Songs of Chu.

Despite these differences, all known naturally-occurring codes are very similar to each other, and the coding mechanism is the same for all organisms: three-base codons, tRNA, ribosomes, reading the code in the same direction and translating the code three letters at a time into sequences of amino acids.

Despite their low nutrition value and the abundance of indigestible calcite, echinoderms are the prey of many organisms, such as crabs, sharks, sea birds and larger starfish.

Despite technological advances, such as improved varieties, genetically modified organisms, and irrigation systems, weather is still a key factor in agricultural productivity, as well as soil properties and natural communities.

Despite the lack of a connection between circular DNA and aging in higher organisms, extra copies of Sir2 are capable of extending the lifespan of both worms and flies ( though, in flies, this finding has not been replicated by other investigators, and the activator of Sir2 resveratrol does not reproducibly increase lifespan in either species ).

Despite SRP function being analogous in all organisms, its composition varies greatly.

Despite these difficulties, extensive transcript and protein sequence databases have been generated for human as well as other important model organisms in biology, such as mice and yeast.

Despite the strict guidelines, some exceptions have occurred: Bionic Commando ( though swastikas were eliminated in the US version ), Smash TV and Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode contained human violence, the latter also containing implied sexuality and tobacco use ; River City Ransom and Taboo: The Sixth Sense contained nudity, and the latter also contained religious images, as did Castlevania II and III.

Despite the warnings, the archive containing the leaked code spread widely on the file-sharing networks.

Despite it being much shorter than Behind Enemy Lines, it is a much more difficult game containing levels on a far greater scale to the extent of being comparable to those that were to be seen in Commandos 2.

Despite Finnish resistance, a peace treaty was signed in March 1940, wherein Finland ceded some key territory to the Soviet Union, including the Karelian Isthmus, containing Finland's second-largest city, Viipuri, and the critical defensive structure of the Mannerheim Line.

Despite containing a lot of melodic and so called " Gothenburg metal " riffs, it was praised by fans and critics alike.

Despite containing enough nicotine and / or other compounds such as germacrene and anabasine and other piperidine alkaloids ( varying between species ) to deter most herbivores, a number of such animals have evolved the ability to feed on Nicotiana species without being harmed.

Despite containing a dubbed soundtrack, these DVDs are the only releases to contain English subtitles for a Chinese version.

Despite this, more than 1 million tonnes of castor beans are processed each year, and approximately 5 % of the total is rendered into a waste containing negligible concentrations of undenatured ricin toxin.

Despite containing vacuum tubes, the first version of the KV-1320UB was promoted as being all solid-state.

Despite containing some of the bands favored live tracks, including " Blown Away ," " The Bland Within ," " District " and " America ," some fans felt alienated by the album's progressive nature and in a recent interview, frontman Lou Koller claimed that the album's cover art probably contributed to its poor reception.

Despite these restrictions, products containing the substance are still considered OTC in all states except Oregon, since no prescription is required.

Despite containing the Allied advance, the pressure on his forces made a retreat necessary.

" Despite this, a quantity of apparently Romano-British pottery has been unearthed on the site, as has a Roman-style drawstring leather purse containing ten low denomination Roman coins, dating between the reigns of Tetricus I ( 270-272 CE ) and Constantius II ( 337-361 ).

Despite this success against an attack containing both McGrath and Shane Warne, Laxman apparently decided that he would return to domestic cricket, rather than continue playing as opener, a role which he believed did not suit him.

Despite containing 50 % more office space than the rejected Green Giant proposal, the design was accepted.

Despite containing considerable amounts of indigestible tannins, mulga leaves are a valuable fodder source, particularly in times of drought, as it is palatable to stock and provides up to 12 % crude protein.

Despite research dead ends, the horror of watching their son's health decline, and being surrounded by skeptics ( including the coordinators of the support group they attended ), they persisted until they finally hit upon a therapy involving adding a certain kind of oil ( actually containing two specific long chain fatty acids, isolated from rapeseed oil and olive oil ) to their son's diet.

Despite its containing an offensive word, the Oscar-nominated song " Blame Canada " ( from South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut ) was performed, with performer Robin Williams cleverly " hiding " the word ; he also added a line riffing Celine Dion.

Despite containing a side with effective players, Yorkshire did not perform as well as expected over the next seasons.

Despite the apparent size of shipment, the total quantity of pure heavy water was limited, with most barrels only containing between 1 / 2 – 1 % pure heavy water, confirming the success of the Operation Gunnerside raid in destroying the higher purity heavy water.

Despite airing in a children's timeslot, the show has quite a broad appeal, containing frequent science fiction references, in-jokes and puns, as well as nods to other movies and TV series.

Despite its roots as a small village, Kingswinford is now better described as a dormitory town to Dudley, containing as it does a large number of commuting communities, small industrial businesses and several schools.

Despite releasing it under this new name, Murray confirmed that it was still the Lo-Pro acoustic album, containing the same members, that had been working for years.

Despite a desperate chase the boxes containing the men's remains are sold and eaten.