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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 26 SEPTEMBER 2021 10 NEWS POSTS FOR LAWYER WITH THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL e Office of the Attorney General Agency is inviting applications for Lawyers to carry out prosecution and related duties. e selected candidates will be employed on a full-time indefinite term basis, subject to a probation period, and will be required to work for a minimum of forty hours per week. Applicants must be in possession of a warrant to practice the profession of Advocate and, must also have at least one year experience in the practice of the profession covered by a warrant. Applications, including a detailed CV, should be addressed to: e Administration Jobsplus Vacancy Nos 369626, Permit Nos. 273/2021 Office of the Attorney General, No. 53, Admiralty House, South Street, Valletta VLT 1101 or emailed to ag@attorneygeneral.mt and should be submitted by not later than Friday 8th October 2021 at 13:00 hrs. I do not believe it! 15% of Maltese think early man lived with dinos Dumb and dumber? Belief dinosaurs shared planet with early humans declines by 14 points since 2005; Maltese most likely in EU to incorrectly believe over 10 billion live on Earth JAMES DEBONO THE percentage of Maltese who believe that the earliest humans lived at the same time of the dinosaurs has declined from 29% in 2005 to 15% in 2021 – reassuringly – accord- ing to a Eurobarometer survey assessing attitudes towards sci- ence and technology. The survey faced respondents with four statements, asking them whether these are true or false. While 60% of Maltese cor- rectly believe that dinosaurs and humans did not co-exist, a substantial 25% of Maltese re- plied 'don't know'. In this case the percentage of don't knows was one of the highest in Eu- rope. This means that although the percentage of people who false- ly believe that humans and di- nosaurs co-existed is 5 points lower than that in all 27 EU member states, the correct be- lief that the two species co-ex- isted is supported by only 60% of Maltese, compared to 66% of all EU citizens. The highest percentage of people who believe that hu- mans and dinosaurs co-existed is found in Romania and Italy (34%) followed by Hungary (31%). The lowest percentage of people who share this incor- rect view is found in Belgium (5%) and Sweden (3%). Compared to a similar survey in 2005, the percentage of re- spondents who answered cor- rectly has increased in 12 EU Member States. The proportion of respond- ents who correctly say that it is false that humans and dino- saurs co-existed has increased, with the most notable shifts in Portugal (+18 pp), Spain (+15 pp), Ireland (+14 pp) and Bel- gium and Malta (both +12 pp) The survey also shows that 74% of Maltese correctly be- lieve "that human beings, as we know them today, devel- oped from earlier species of animals". Only 15% of Maltese say that this statement is false, while 11% replied don't know. Moreover the percentage of those who do not believe that humans evolved from other animals has declined by 10 per- centage points since 2005. Respondents are most like- ly to correctly say that human beings developed from earlier species of animals in Ireland (84%), Sweden, Luxembourg and Denmark (83% in each) and Belgium (81%). This com- pares with the EU average of 67%. The survey also shows that a relative majority of Maltese (41%) incorrectly believe that the world population has sur- passed the 10 billion mark. Only 28% of Maltese were knowledgeable enough to say that the statement "The world's human population is currently more than 10 billion" is false. Currently the world population is estimated at 7.9 billion. Respondents are most likely to correctly say that it is false that the world's population is over 10 billion in Luxembourg (63%), Estonia (62%) and Czech Republic (60%), with the lowest proportions reported in Cy- prus (24%), Bulgaria (27%), and Spain and Malta (both 28%). This compares with the EU av- erage of 43%. The survey also shows that 83% of Maltese correctly be- lieve that "the continents on which we live have been mov- ing for millions of years and will continue to move in the future". The highest correct answers were found in Ger- many and Sweden (both 92%), Ireland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg (91% in each) and Belgium (90%). The lowest pro- portion is in Romania (62%), followed by Bulgaria (67%). This compares with the EU av- erage of 82%. Compared to a similar survey in 2005, the percentage of respondents who answered correctly has increased in 12 EU Member States