Some 20th-century ethnologists, like Julian Steward, have instead argued that such similarities reflected similar adaptations to similar environments ( see cultural evolution ).

Some scholars consciously adopt " Daoism " in order to distinguish the Chinese philosophy and religion from what " Taoism " embodied in the 19th-and 20th-century Western imaginations.

Some 20th-century historians such as John Clapham and Nicholas Crafts have argued that the process of economic and social change took place gradually and the term revolution is a misnomer.

Some 20th-century literary theorists, relying less on the opposition of prose and poetry, focused on the poet as simply one who creates using language, and poetry as what the poet creates.

Some of the organizational management concepts needed to create 20th-century mass production, such as scientific management, had been pioneered by other engineers ( most of whom are not famous, but Frederick Winslow Taylor is one of the well-known ones ), whose work would later be synthesized into fields such as industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, operations research, and management consultancy.

Some 20th-century blues songs, such as Sold It to the Devil by Black Spider Dumpling ( John D. Twitty ), may be about making a deal with the devil at the crossroads.

Some contemporary critics, particularly Virgil Thomson, also took Toscanini to task for not paying enough attention to the " modern repertoire " ( i. e., 20th-century composers, of which Thomson was one ).

Some 19th-and early 20th-century cultivators produced single gooseberries near to two ounces in weight, but, as with many varieties of fruit, larger sizes of gooseberry proved to have weaker flavour.

Some 20th-century revisionist criticism suggests that the deus ex machina cannot be viewed in these simplified terms and argues rather that the device allows mortals to " probe " their relationship with the divine.

Some of the stained glass windows are 20th-century work by Ninian Comper.

Some early 20th-century Ottoman-area Jewish schools taught ' udand mandoline to girls, and some women learned to play the piano.

Some 20th-century modern artists and architects sought to elevate bodily ornamentation — that is, jewellery — to the level of fine art and original design, rather than mere decoration, craft production of traditional designs, or conventional settings for showing off expensive stones or precious metals.

Some 20th-century select committees are called special committees, such as the Senate Special Committee on Aging.

Some 20th-century artists ( including Art Hazelwood, Dusan Kállay, István Orosz, Brian Williams ) made images based on " Das Narrenschiff ", or drew illustrations for contemporary editions of The Ship of Fools.

Some 20th-century scientific testing indicates that all caps text is less legible and less readable than lower-case text.

Some influential 20th-century historians have referred to these men as constituting a " commonwealth party ", but G. R.

Some may wonder why The National World War II Museum is located in New Orleans, a city known for other tourism sites but which is not usually associated with 20th-century military history.

Some 20th-century scholars, including the American etymologist Kemp Malone ( 1889 – 1971 ), have argued that the reason for the differences between Pliny, Tacitus and Ptolemy when it comes to names and tribes is that their informants came from different regions, mainly familiar with the parts of Scandinavia closest to their own location: " The name Scadinavia ( with its variant forms ) reached the classical world through western sources, and [...] Tacitus, whose information about the North came from the east, knows nothing of the name, in contradistinction to Pliny, who got his information from the west.

Some historians have found his point of view not to their taste, others have complained that he makes the Tory tradition appear `` contemptible rather than intelligible '', while a sympathetic critic has remarked that the `` intricate interplay of social dynamics and political activity of which, at times, politicians are the ignorant marionettes is not a field for the exercise of his talents ''.

Some historians define and minimize the Arian conflict as the exclusive construct of Arius and a handful of rogue bishops engaging in heresy ; but others recognize Arius as a defender of ' original ' Christianity, or as providing a conservative response against the politicization of Christianity seeking union with the Roman Empire.

Some modern historians theorize that Nero's decision to kill Agrippina was prompted by her plotting to set Gaius Rubellius Plautus ( Nero's maternal second cousin ) or Britannicus ( Claudius ' biological son ) on the throne.

Some historians speculate that it was his conservative powerbase's disapproval of his foreign, non-Orthodox bride, more so than her appearance, that caused Alexei to spurn Charlotte.

Some historians believe that Acts borrows phraseology and plot elements from Euripides ' play The Bacchae.

Some Swedish historians believe the name derives from the cripple secondary god Balder of Nordic mythology.

Some historians have questioned the reliability of some of Bede's accounts.

Herald-Traveler Corp. operated for years under temporary authority from the Federal Communications Commission stemming from controversy over luncheon meetings the newspaper's chief executive had with an FCC commissioner during the original licensing process ( Some Boston broadcast historians accuse the Boston Globe of being covertly behind the proceeding.

Some battles are named for the convenience of military historians so that periods of combat can be neatly distinguished from one another.

Some historians were prepared to go even further, claiming that blitzkrieg was not merely an operational doctrine of the German armed forces but a strategic concept on which the leadership of the Third Reich based its strategic and economic planning.

Some historians have cited the U. S. intervention and bombing campaign ( spanning 1965 – 1973 ) as a significant factor leading to increased support of the Khmer Rouge among the Cambodian peasantry.

Some historians have argued that there is an element of psychological projection in conspiracism.

" Some historians have put forward the idea that more recently the United States has become the home of conspiracy theories because so many high-level prominent conspiracies have been undertaken and uncovered since the 1960s.

Some historians may place Aztlán in Nayarit or the Caribbean while other historians entirely disagree, and make a distinction between legend and the contemporary socio-political ideology.

Some music historians argue that Chicanos of Los Angeles in the late 1970s might have independently co-founded punk rock along with the already-acknowledged founders from British-European sources when introduced to the US in major cities.

The canonization of Saint Udalric, Bishop of Augsburg, by Pope John XV in 999 is the first undoubted example of a papal canonization of a saint from outside Rome ( Some historians maintain that the first such canonization was that of Saint Swibert by Pope Leo III in 804 ).

Some historians, particularly Josephus, claim that Claudius was directed in his actions by the Judaean King Herod Agrippa.

Some historians think Kling's absence was significant enough to prevent the Cubs from also winning a third straight title in 1909, as they finished 6 games out of first place.

Some modern historians think that Caligula suffered from hyperthyroidism.

Some historians who have examined the life of Cotton Mather after Chadwick Hansen ’ s book also seem to yearn for a positive view of Cotton Mather.

Some modern historians deem his piratical reputation unjust, as there is evidence that Kidd acted only as a privateer.

Some of his pamphlets were purported to be written by Scots, misleading even reputable historians into quoting them as evidence of Scottish opinion of the time.

Some historians state that Diocletian, like some emperors before him, adopted Maximian as his filius Augusti, his " Augustan son ", upon his appointment to the throne.

Some historians believe that the story by Petrus Olai refers to a source from the first half of the 15th century, making this the oldest reference to the falling flag.