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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Curate can be used as a verb? What does it mean then?
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Dr McCarthy says these divergent characteristics are most likely the result of a hybrid origin at some point far back in human evolutionary history.
What's more, he suggests, there is one animal that has all of the traits which distinguish humans from our primate cousins in the animal kingdom.
'What is this other animal that has all these traits?' he asks rhetorically. 'The answer is Sus scrofa, the ordinary pig.'
Dr McCarthy elaborates his astonishing hypothesis in an article on Macroevolution.net, a website he curates. He is at pains to point out that that it is merely a hypothesis, but he presents compelling evidence to support it.
Dr McCarthy says these divergent characteristics are most likely the result of a hybrid origin at some point far back in human evolutionary history.
What's more, he suggests, there is one animal that has all of the traits which distinguish humans from our primate cousins in the animal kingdom.
'What is this other animal that has all these traits?' he asks rhetorically. 'The answer is Sus scrofa, the ordinary pig.'
Dr McCarthy elaborates his astonishing hypothesis in an article on Macroevolution.net, a website he curates. He is at pains to point out that that it is merely a hypothesis, but he presents compelling evidence to support it.
Top answer
To curate is to select, manage, look after, present or organize, as in a museum, exhibition, art show, etc. It may, as here, be applied to presentation of online content. It suggests that the person doing the curating has expert knowledge, and is carefully deciding what should be presented, and how.
- To curate is to select, manage, look after, present or organize, as in a museum, exhibition, art show, etc.
- It may, as here, be applied to presentation of online content.
- It suggests that the person doing the curating has expert knowledge, and is carefully deciding what should be presented, and how.
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To curate is to select, manage, look after, present or organize, as in a museum, exhibition, art show, etc. It may, as here, be applied to presentation of online content. It suggests that the person doing the curating has expert knowledge, and is carefully deciding what should be presented, and how.
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