indirect evidence
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Scientists had previously gathered indirect evidence suggesting that sunlight can increase the spin rate of small asteroids until surface material is ejected.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 8, 2026
But indirect evidence suggests it could have already slowed by around 15% over the last couple of centuries, although not all scientists agree.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2025
In addition to Hamilton, Mason and Madison's pronouncements, there is also indirect evidence.
From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2023
“We have indirect evidence that there’s an innovation arms race happening.”
From Scientific American ● Sep. 12, 2022
While we can’t get inside a Neanderthal mind to understand how they thought, we have indirect evidence of the limits to their cognition compared with their Sapiens rivals.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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