0 the quality of being unkind or severe: --
the harshness of the punishment
2 the quality of being cruel or unkind: --
the harshness of the punishment
3 the quality of being severe or unpleasant: --
Unless niche-independent genetic differences in strategy choice are invoked, the viability of the theory depends upon a near zero correlation between environmental harshness and pathogen prevalence.
Some were escaping law or the harshness of life and livelihood in their places of origin, and these were more prone to shirking and complaining about the routine.
Harshness and violence seemed to be the norm in their family and personal relationships and ultimately on the streets.
But what often renders specific per formance excessive is not some intrinsic, self-explanator y harshness.
It could also be attractive for groups who felt too exposed to the harshness of the market.
The amount of suffering was conceptualized as a combination of the length of the prison term and the harshness of the prison regime.
For rich prisoners the harshness of prison life could be mitigated.
However, the mutational variance of fitness-component traits due to non-severe detrimental mutations did not increase with environmental harshness.
