Whether the general mammoth population died out for climatic reasons or due to overhunting by humans is controversial.

Whether the " hobbit " skeletons represent a species distinct from modern humans has been a subject of scientific debate.

Whether a game is solved is not necessarily the same as whether it remains interesting for humans to play.

Whether or not Hamilton's rule always applies, studies have demonstrated that relatedness is often important for human altruism in that humans are inclined to behave more altruistically toward kin than toward unrelated individuals.

Whether the relationship between humans and some types of our gut flora is commensal or mutualistic is still unanswered.

Whether this means that Coruscant was the original homeworld of humans or simply the most powerful world at the time is still up for debate, and there has been little said about the event other than that it occurred.

Whether the results of animal studies can be extrapolated to human obesity is a matter of future clinical trials, since substantially active BAT has been identified in adult humans.

Whether despite or because of that fallibilism, Damasio writes in the belief that ' scientific knowledge can be a pillar to help humans endure and prevail '.

Whether as a result of his Furyan heritage or simple training, Riddick is stronger, faster, more agile, tougher, more resistant to damage and injury, possessing more acute senses, immense stamina, and superior healing when compared to most humans ; he is shown on more than one occasion dislocating his limbs for brief moments with only slight signs of discomfort.

As of June 2008, there are only five studies of anogenital distance in humans, and one researcher has stated " Whether AGD measures in humans relate to clinically important outcomes, however, remains to be determined, as does its utility as a measure of androgen action in epidemiologic studies.

Whether started by humans or by natural causes, coal seam fires continue to burn for decades or even centuries until either the fuel source is exhausted, a permanent groundwater table is encountered, the depth of the burn becomes greater than the ground ’ s capacity to subside and vent, or humans intervene.

Whether this means that Vales that may be said to be " behind the line " are more friendly to human inhabitation, however, is not thoroughly established, and it may be that they're still protective of their land to the point of not letting any humans beyond themselves move in if they do not happen to know the people seeking to move in, already.

* Robotics: Whether it will be possible to develop fully autonomous robots that can build the first settlement on the target planet and raise the first humans, is unclear.

Whether humans, too, require copper for sensitive detection of thiols is not yet known.

Whether he is or not, I don ’ t know, but you as Muslims know that, without checking up, laying allegations is also wrong.

Whether this is the case can fairly easily be detected by checking whether the remaining name of the file to be undeleted is still present in the directory.

Whether the motion was due to an irregular distribution of the Earth's atmosphere, thus involving abnormal variations in the refractive index, was also investigated ; here, again, negative results were obtained.

Whether the events which followed were the results solely of the ambition of Maximus, or whether Maximus was himself the tool of others, is not clear.

Witschge further explains, " Whether it is fear of harming others, or fear to get harmed oneself, there are factors that inhibit people from speaking freely, and which thus results in a non-ideal type of discussion, as it hinders diversity and equality of participants and viewpoints to arise fully ".

Whether by " first sight " or by other routes, passionate love often had disastrous results according to the classical authors.

‘’ Whether the participants are schoolchildren or professionals, the exercise produces dramatic results because it relies on the expertise of people who use the place every day, or who are the potential users of the place .’’ This successfully engages with the ultimate idea of participatory design, where various stakeholders who will be the users of the end product, are involved in the design process as a collective.

Whether the results were good, bad, in tune or out was no big deal -- they had élan.

Whether the term carries a pejorative or neutral connotation is dependent on whether the practice is used to pollute the results with pages of little relevance, or to direct traffic to a page of relevance that would have otherwise been de-emphasized due to the search engine's inability to interpret and understand related ideas.

Whether recombination in the DSBR pathway results in chromosomal crossover is determined by how the double Holliday junction is cut, or " resolved ".

Whether the compromises -- on both sides -- that made possible the interim appointment can then be repeated remains to be seen.

Whether hand laid or built in a mould, FRP boats usually have an outer coating of gelcoat which is a thin solid colored layer of polyester resin that adds no structural strength, but does create a smooth surface which can be buffed to a high shine and also acts as a protective layer against sunlight.

Whether the correct spectrum of density fluctuations can be produced, and whether the universe can successfully navigate the Big Bang / Big Crunch transition, remains a topic of controversy and current research.

Whether and under what conditions this final aim can in fact be stably achieved is a difficult question, and it will be considered in the section devoted to the effects of coercion.

Whether a statement is meant to be an identity or an equation can usually be determined from its context.

* Whether they need to be run on the same machine as the program that has the vulnerability ( local ) or can be run on one machine to attack a program running on another machine ( remote ).

Whether or not particular forms of " work " can be called child labour depends on the child's age, the type and hours of work performed, the conditions under which it is performed and the objectives pursued by individual countries.

Whether a material is an insulator depends on its band gap, the energy needed by an electron to make it a conduction electron so it can move freely.

" Whether constructed languages can be copyrighted was tested in court in the example of Loglan and its derivative Lojban.

Whether understood purely declaratively or both declaratively and procedurally, the programmer can use the declarative reading of programs to ensure their correctness.

Whether the collective body of the Parliament can be impeached of high treason?

Whether any person, acting by authority of Parliament, can ( so long as he acting by that authority ) commit treason?

Whether matters, acted by that authority, can be called in question in an inferior court?

Whether a king de jure, and out of possession, can have treason committed against him?

Whether these works can be accurately called " murals " is a subject of some controversy in the art world, but the technique has been in common use since the late 19th century.

Concluding quickly that since a writ of mandamus, by definition, was the correct judicial means to order an official of the United States ( in this case, the Secretary of State ) to do something required of him ( in this case, deliver a commission ), Marshall devotes the remainder of his inquiry at the second part of the question: " Whether it writ can issue from this court.

Whether by coagulation or radiation pressure, once the particles are at this lower atmospheric level cloud seeding can begin, permitting precipitation to wash the smoke aerosol out of the atmosphere by the wet deposition mechanism.

Whether nominalism can truly account for all of the relevant phenomena is often debated.

Whether the battle can be considered true siege warfare is debatable.

Whether they are looking for speed or test depth, they can use combinatorial test design methods to build structured variation into their test cases.

Whether food is prepared with precision in a fine dining restaurant, picked from a dumpster, plucked, devoured, or even consumed by a wild animal, meaning can always be extracted from the way a certain food has been prepared and the context in which it is served.

Whether Magnus managed to defeat him in war or not, " you can never be called king in England, and you will never be granted any allegiance there before you put an end to my life.

Whether expressed in a sit-in at lunch counters, a freedom ride into Mississippi, a peaceful protest in Albany, Georgia, a bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, these are outgrowths of Thoreau's insistence that evil must be resisted and that no moral man can patiently adjust to injustice.

Whether smart growth ( or the ' Compact City ') does or can reduce problems of automobile dependency associated with urban sprawl have been fiercely contested issues over several decades.