Like the other Passeroidea families, the true finches seem to be of roughly Middle Miocene origin, around 20-10 million years ago ( Ma ).

Kenichiro Terasawa ( Kosuke Toyohara ), an author of books on psychic phenomena, believes he's discovered Godzilla's true origin.

If true, this would also support an Italian origin.

However, BBC books such as The Infinity Doctors and Unnatural History imply that the Doctor's origin is complex and that every version is somehow " true " ( such as Susan's claim in the original version of An Unearthly Child that she was born in the 49th century ).

It had great authority because of its supposed Aristotelian origin, and it was only when Proclus ' Elements were translated into Latin that Thomas Aquinas realised its true origin.

Kid tells Serge that she is aware of her true origin, and knowing that is a treasure which cannot be stolen.

::: A person manifests his true nature when surrounded by family or close friends, when in his own ambience and in his place of origin.

Any symmetry group whose elements have a common fixed point, which is true for all finite symmetry groups and also for the symmetry groups of bounded figures, can be represented as a subgroup of orthogonal group O ( n ) by choosing the origin to be a fixed point.

An enthusiast of Tangram puzzles, Loyd published a book of seven hundred unique Tangram designs and a fanciful history of the origin of the Tangram, which was, however, presented as true, and has been described as " Sam Loyd's Most Successful Hoax ".

This volume can be considered the true origin of Katchoo, Francine and the SiP universe.

Folk etymology has attributed its origin to the words for true () and image ().

The Zohar contains a discussion of the nature of God, the origin and structure of the universe, the nature of souls, redemption, the relationship of Ego to Darkness and " true self " to " The Light of God ," and the relationship between the " universal energy " and man.

Because these characteristics are very insignificant and show a high individual variability, most of these forms were probably not true subspecies, especially as they were often based upon zoo material of unknown origin that may have had " striking, but abnormal " morphological characteristics.

The true origin of the blancmange is obscure, but it is believed that it was a result of the Arab introduction of rice and almonds in early medieval Europe.

Doucha is nothing but an effort to prove the " true Czech folk " origin of Polka.

( This, if true, would be similar to the origin of casserole, a generic name for a set of main courses originally prepared in a dish called a casserole.

The true origin of the Mexicas is uncertain.

Precapillary sphincters are rings of smooth muscles at the origin of true capillaries that regulate blood flow into true capillaries and thus control blood flow through a tissue.

Moore reconfigured Swamp Thing's origin to make him a true monster as opposed to a human transformed into a monster.

Regardless of its true origin, McCrae worked on the poem for months before considering it ready for publication.

This shameless and scandalous boy died in Egypt when the court was there ; and forthwith his Imperial Majesty issued out an order or edict strictly requiring and commanding his loving subjects to acknowledge his departed page a deity and to pay him his quota of divine reverences and honours as such: a resolution and act which did more effectually publish and testify to the world how entirely the Emperor's unnatural passion survived the foul object of it ; and how much his master was devoted to his memory, than it recorded his own crime and condemnation, immortalised his infamy and shame, and bequeathed to mankind a lasting and notorious specimen of the true origin and extraction of all idolatry.

Here it is no longer true that every meromorphic function can be regarded as holomorphic function with values in the Riemann sphere: There is a set of " indeterminacy " of codimension two ( in the given example this set consists of the origin ).

The family Salamandridae includes the true salamanders and the name " newt " is given to members of its subfamily Pleurodelinae.

He also warned that the traditional name of the Christ might be misused, and the true essence of this being of love ignored.

As Lord Blake observed: " The true relationship between the three cannot be determined with certainty ... there can be no doubt that the affair usage damaged Disraeli and that it made its contribution, along with many other episodes, to the understandable aura of distrust which hung around his name for so many years.

First published as a pamphlet by the Gawler Humbug Society in 1863, the name was chosen because " the Bunyip is the true type of Australian Humbug!

Drinking card games are, true to their name, a subset of drinking games using cards, in which the object in playing the game is either to drink or to force others to drink.

Kappa Crucis is a true member of the cluster that bears its name, and is one of the brighter star at magnitude 5. 9.

Sancho tries to restore his faith, but Alonso Quixano, for that is his true name, can only renounce his previous existence and apologize for the harm he has caused.

As the name suggests, this process is a not a true equilibrium since the system is still evolving.

As the name indicates, the fundamental theorem of arithmetic is true in them.

Treize then takes control of the Romefeller Foundation ; at the same time, Zechs returns to space to become the leader of the White Fang organization under his true name: Milliardo Peacecraft.

Since " Barbellion " was the real author's pen name, many reviewers believed Wells to have been the true author of the Journal ; Wells always denied this, despite being full of praise for the diaries, but the rumours persisted until Barbellion's death later that year.

Hezbollah leaders reportedly admitted their involvement in IJO's attacks and the nominal nature of " Islamic Jihad " – that it was merely a " telephone organization ," and whose name was " used by those involved to disguise their true identity.

Specifically, Odysseus ' telling Polyphemos his true name after having already escaped was an act of hubris.

Beside the developed legend of the mandylion or Image of Edessa, was the tale of the Veil of Veronica, whose very name signifies " true icon " or " true image ", the fear of a " false image " remaining strong.

Based on a true story of a teacher arrested for teaching his students evolution also known as the " Scopes Monkey Trial ," Spacey played defense lawyer Henry Drummond, a role that was made famous by actor Spencer Tracy in the 1960 film of the same name.

Larissa was indeed the birthplace of Meno, who thus became, along with Xenophon and a few others, one of the generals leading several thousands Greeks from various places, in the ill-fated expedition of 401 ( retold in Xenophon's Anabasis ) meant to help Cyrus the Younger, son of Darius II, king of Persia, overthrow his elder brother Artaxerxes II and take over the throne of Persia ( Meno is featured in Plato's dialogue bearing his name, in which Socrates uses the example of " the way to Larissa " to help explain Meno the difference between true opinion and science ( Meno, 97a – c ) ; this " way to Larissa " might well be on the part of Socrates an attempt to call to Meno's mind a " way home ", understood as the way toward one's true and " eternal " home reached only at death, that each man is supposed to seek in his life ).

This includes obtaining satisfactory identification to give assurance that the account is in the customer ’ s true name, and having an understanding of the expected nature and source of the money that will flow through the customer's accounts.

By 1989, with a definitive model name now chosen, the MX-5 ( as in " Mazda Experiment ", project number 5 ) was ready to be introduced to the world as a true lightweight sports car, weighing just.

" This connects the future patriarch's name with nāḥam, " comfort ", but it seems better related to the word nûaḥ, meaning " rest ", and is more a play on words than a true etymology.

The tree and its fruit give its name to the plant family, which also includes species such as lilacs, jasmine, Forsythia and the true ash trees ( Fraxinus ).

It is sometimes assumed that the name Ogg comes from the character of Nanny Ogg in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, but the Ogg developers say that is not true.

The Holy See's Annuario Pontificio, in its list of popes and antipopes, attaches a footnote to its mention of Stephen II ( III ): " On the death of Zachary the Roman priest Stephen was elected ; but, since four days later he died, before his consecratio, which according to the canon law of the time was the true commencement of his pontificate, his name is not registered in the Liber Pontificalis nor in other lists of the Popes.

The Annuario Pontificio attaches to its mention of Stephen II ( III ) the footnote: " On the death of Zachary the Roman priest Stephen was elected ; but, since four days later he died, before his consecratio, which according to the canon law of the time was the true commencement of his pontificate, his name is not registered in the Liber Pontificalis nor in other lists of the Popes.