indirect evidence

noun

Origin of indirect evidence

First recorded in 1815–25

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There is indirect evidence regarding how and when animals may have appeared.
Animal Evolution: Fossil Discovery Hints First Animals Lived Nearly 900 Million Years Ago | Elizabeth C. Turner | October 31, 2021 | Singularity Hub
“There’s lots of indirect evidence that the airborne route — breathing it in — is dominant,” says Linsey Marr, a civil and environmental engineer at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, who studies viruses in the air.
New studies hint that the coronavirus may be evolving to become more airborne | Tina Hesman Saey | August 17, 2021 | Science News
The fact that the milk and cookies are gone on Christmas morning serves as a form of indirect evidence, and when children interact with a Santa figure at the mall, it further reinforces that belief.
Study: children’s belief in Santa Claus is more nuanced than you think | Jennifer Ouellette | December 25, 2020 | Ars Technica
Whenever possible, they recorded the person’s level of formal avalanche education, and they also ranked the person’s experience based on indirect evidence available in incident reports and interviews.
How the Pandemic Has Changed Backcountry Safety | Christopher Solomon | November 27, 2020 | Outside Online
Additionally, if inflation happened, it was so early on that we can only ever see indirect evidence for it.
The Big Buzz in Space News Is Something Called “Inflation.” What Exactly Is It? | Matthew R. Francis | March 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

We have indirect evidence enough, however, to make good the statements in the preceding paragraphs.
The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone Johnston
Comparisons may be made between the two signs; but this is secondary or indirect evidence, and depends largely on argument.
The Swastika | Thomas Wilson
The progress of the individual mind is not only an illustration, but an indirect evidence of that of the general mind.
Communism and Christianism | William Montgomery Brown
For it throws us entirely upon such indirect evidence as he may (so to speak) involuntarily afford.
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3 | W. E. Gladstone
Let us now turn to another and much more important line of indirect evidence in favour of moderated Lamarckianism.
Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume II (of 3) | George John Romanes

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