Evolutionary developmental biology: its
... The history of EvoDevo I bought the pig immediately, had it killed and the feet hacked off, and sent them to Darwin. Otto Zacharias in a letter to Ernst Haeckel, 21 May 1877. Ernst Haeckel, atavisms, and the biogenetic law Ernst Haeckel was inspired by his older colleague in Jena, the anatomist Carl ...
... The history of EvoDevo I bought the pig immediately, had it killed and the feet hacked off, and sent them to Darwin. Otto Zacharias in a letter to Ernst Haeckel, 21 May 1877. Ernst Haeckel, atavisms, and the biogenetic law Ernst Haeckel was inspired by his older colleague in Jena, the anatomist Carl ...
Sustainability and the "struggle for existence".
... metaphor “the struggle for existence” on a variety of scientific theories which inform our current understanding of the world. It attempts in particular to relate this metaphor to the modern search for sustainable development. Starting from a remark made by Boltzmann to the effect that the struggle ...
... metaphor “the struggle for existence” on a variety of scientific theories which inform our current understanding of the world. It attempts in particular to relate this metaphor to the modern search for sustainable development. Starting from a remark made by Boltzmann to the effect that the struggle ...
Sustainability and the “struggle for existence”
... the changes in both producer and consumer behaviour which are necessary if substantial reductions in material throughput are to be achieved. In fact, the most pervasive – if not the most persuasive – theory of social behaviour available to us in addressing such questions does not derive from the mod ...
... the changes in both producer and consumer behaviour which are necessary if substantial reductions in material throughput are to be achieved. In fact, the most pervasive – if not the most persuasive – theory of social behaviour available to us in addressing such questions does not derive from the mod ...
Tempo, mode and phylogenetic associations of relative embryo size
... among taxa on a given character (Freckleton et al., 2002). This parameter is similar to the measure of the phylogenetic signal of Blomberg et al. (2003), that is, it tests the tendency for related taxa to resemble each other, with no implication as to the cause of such a resemblance. If k is not sig ...
... among taxa on a given character (Freckleton et al., 2002). This parameter is similar to the measure of the phylogenetic signal of Blomberg et al. (2003), that is, it tests the tendency for related taxa to resemble each other, with no implication as to the cause of such a resemblance. If k is not sig ...
Sexual Selection Or Natural Selection?
... most zealous, religious devotion. This kind of total dedication to the group’s interest was in the best interests not only of the group, but of each individual in the long run as well. With the intimidating look, fearless behavior, loud group sound and the „firepower“ of the close-range rock throwin ...
... most zealous, religious devotion. This kind of total dedication to the group’s interest was in the best interests not only of the group, but of each individual in the long run as well. With the intimidating look, fearless behavior, loud group sound and the „firepower“ of the close-range rock throwin ...
Neo-Darwinists and Neo-Aristotelians: how to talk about natural
... included the question of adaptive ‘‘function’’ as a fundamental biological explanandum. Tinbergen accepted that the function or purpose of a trait is a genuine phenomenon to be explained, independent of proximate or ultimate causal mechanisms, but the adjective ‘‘adaptive’’ ensured that functions we ...
... included the question of adaptive ‘‘function’’ as a fundamental biological explanandum. Tinbergen accepted that the function or purpose of a trait is a genuine phenomenon to be explained, independent of proximate or ultimate causal mechanisms, but the adjective ‘‘adaptive’’ ensured that functions we ...
Regulating Evolution for Sale: An Evolutionary Biology Model for
... Originally published in W AKE FOREST LAW REVIEW 42 W AKE FOREST L. REV. 93 (2007) ...
... Originally published in W AKE FOREST LAW REVIEW 42 W AKE FOREST L. REV. 93 (2007) ...
Conceptual Barriers to Progress Within Evolutionary Biology
... a result, it is difficult or impossible for evolutionary biologists to describe changes in selection caused by niche-construction as evolutionarily causal. Instead, standard evolutionary theory is forced by its own explanatory reference device to “explain away” all observed instances of niche constr ...
... a result, it is difficult or impossible for evolutionary biologists to describe changes in selection caused by niche-construction as evolutionarily causal. Instead, standard evolutionary theory is forced by its own explanatory reference device to “explain away” all observed instances of niche constr ...
The Evolution of Human Behavior: The Darwinian Revolution
... Sociobiology’s Search for Ultimate Causes We saw in chapter 7 how biologists such J. B. S. Haldane, William Hamilton, George Williams, and Robert Trivers applied Darwinian concepts in the 1950s through 1970s to find answers to many perplexing ...
... Sociobiology’s Search for Ultimate Causes We saw in chapter 7 how biologists such J. B. S. Haldane, William Hamilton, George Williams, and Robert Trivers applied Darwinian concepts in the 1950s through 1970s to find answers to many perplexing ...
Handout-Fossil Record and Early Man
... By: Arnold C. Mendez, Sr. The human fossil record of early man supports the special creation of man and the account given in the book of Genesis. This includes the fossils of Homo sapiens, archaic Homo sapiens, Homo neanderthalensis or Neanderthal man, Homo erectus, and Australopithecus (extinct ape ...
... By: Arnold C. Mendez, Sr. The human fossil record of early man supports the special creation of man and the account given in the book of Genesis. This includes the fossils of Homo sapiens, archaic Homo sapiens, Homo neanderthalensis or Neanderthal man, Homo erectus, and Australopithecus (extinct ape ...
The development of evolutionary theory since Darwin
... discussed. The scientist Yule stated that recessive factors (today better known as alleles) will disappear in the course of a few generations even if natural selection is absent because dominant factors (alleles) will establish themselves at any rate. Hardy disagreed with Yule’s statement, but he wa ...
... discussed. The scientist Yule stated that recessive factors (today better known as alleles) will disappear in the course of a few generations even if natural selection is absent because dominant factors (alleles) will establish themselves at any rate. Hardy disagreed with Yule’s statement, but he wa ...
A review of The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
... natural selection as an externalist and functionalist process, the stunning discoveries of extensive deep homologies across phyla separated by more than 500 million years (particularly the vertebrate homologs of arthropod Hox genes) – against explicit statements by architects of the Modern Synthesis ...
... natural selection as an externalist and functionalist process, the stunning discoveries of extensive deep homologies across phyla separated by more than 500 million years (particularly the vertebrate homologs of arthropod Hox genes) – against explicit statements by architects of the Modern Synthesis ...
Fulltext PDF - Indian Academy of Sciences
... determining the adaptive significance of a particular structure by trying to correlate its presence or absence in different taxa to the presence or absence of particular environmental factors. Such an approach tends to deal only with structures that are related to particular environmental factors an ...
... determining the adaptive significance of a particular structure by trying to correlate its presence or absence in different taxa to the presence or absence of particular environmental factors. Such an approach tends to deal only with structures that are related to particular environmental factors an ...
The difficulty of agreeing about constraints
... faster than in others (Beldade et al. 2002c). An important issue is then whether butterfly wing patterns represent a special case or whether the same type of flexibility can be expected for other types of morphologies. Our material, although showing vestiges of the developmental origin of the eyespo ...
... faster than in others (Beldade et al. 2002c). An important issue is then whether butterfly wing patterns represent a special case or whether the same type of flexibility can be expected for other types of morphologies. Our material, although showing vestiges of the developmental origin of the eyespo ...
Collective Preferences in Evolutionary Multi - ADDLabs
... In this context, preferences are the expression of values and subjective impressions regarding the trade-offs points. It transforms qualitative feelings into quantitative values to restrict the objective space. It is largely sensitive to the non-technical, aesthetic and qualitative experiences of th ...
... In this context, preferences are the expression of values and subjective impressions regarding the trade-offs points. It transforms qualitative feelings into quantitative values to restrict the objective space. It is largely sensitive to the non-technical, aesthetic and qualitative experiences of th ...
Evolutionary Approaches to Creativity
... of Homo habilis was sensitive to the significance of episodes, and it could encode them in memory and coordinate appropriate responses. But it could not voluntarily access them independent of cues. The enlarged cranial capacity of Homo erectus enabled it to acquire a mimetic form of cognition, chara ...
... of Homo habilis was sensitive to the significance of episodes, and it could encode them in memory and coordinate appropriate responses. But it could not voluntarily access them independent of cues. The enlarged cranial capacity of Homo erectus enabled it to acquire a mimetic form of cognition, chara ...
The Theory of Evolution: Of What Value to Psychology?
... 1966; Stearns, 1976; Williams, 1957, 1966). This theory states that the developmental timetable of organisms (the allocation of resources among survival, growth, and reproduction at different ages) is a trait shaped by natural selection. Because it helps psychologists to understand variation in such ...
... 1966; Stearns, 1976; Williams, 1957, 1966). This theory states that the developmental timetable of organisms (the allocation of resources among survival, growth, and reproduction at different ages) is a trait shaped by natural selection. Because it helps psychologists to understand variation in such ...
Natural History and Economic History: Is Technological Change an
... structure that determines how the observable characteristics of the entity we are interested in are to be determined from an underlying basis of information; a dynamic structure that links the present to the past and describes the historical pattern followed; and it has to have a mechanism that impa ...
... structure that determines how the observable characteristics of the entity we are interested in are to be determined from an underlying basis of information; a dynamic structure that links the present to the past and describes the historical pattern followed; and it has to have a mechanism that impa ...
Darwinian metaphysics
... correctly, with blind-variation-and-selectiveretention) has been explicitly elaborated (Campbell 1960; Hull et al. 2001). Likewise, psychological creativity has been interpreted as a Darwinian process (by D. Campbell and D. K. Simonton; cf. Campbell 1960 and Gabora 2005). Finally, analogies between ...
... correctly, with blind-variation-and-selectiveretention) has been explicitly elaborated (Campbell 1960; Hull et al. 2001). Likewise, psychological creativity has been interpreted as a Darwinian process (by D. Campbell and D. K. Simonton; cf. Campbell 1960 and Gabora 2005). Finally, analogies between ...
this PDF file - Reports of the National Center for Science
... evolution in a broadly Lamarckian way in order to describe and explain the way the biological world changes over time more adequately. The third part—“Biology”—is pretty technical. It deals with the nature, origins, construction, and inheritance of developmental variation, that is, phenomena that bi ...
... evolution in a broadly Lamarckian way in order to describe and explain the way the biological world changes over time more adequately. The third part—“Biology”—is pretty technical. It deals with the nature, origins, construction, and inheritance of developmental variation, that is, phenomena that bi ...
Developing Effective Gradient-Free Methods for Inverse Problems
... Effective gradient-free methods for inverse problems Jyri Leskinen FiDiPro DESIGN project ...
... Effective gradient-free methods for inverse problems Jyri Leskinen FiDiPro DESIGN project ...
Slide 1
... relationships, keep changing and deviate more and more from the original ancestors. Darwin called this phenomenon descent with modification, now we call it evolution. ...
... relationships, keep changing and deviate more and more from the original ancestors. Darwin called this phenomenon descent with modification, now we call it evolution. ...
How Can Evolutionary Psychology Successfully Explain Personality
... How Can Evolutionary Psychology Successfully Explain Personality and Individual Differences? David M. Buss University of Texas, Austin ABSTRACT—Although ...
... How Can Evolutionary Psychology Successfully Explain Personality and Individual Differences? David M. Buss University of Texas, Austin ABSTRACT—Although ...
Slide 1
... more and more from the original ancestors. Darwin called this phenomenon descent with modification and now we call it evolution. ...
... more and more from the original ancestors. Darwin called this phenomenon descent with modification and now we call it evolution. ...
Evolution of Human Lifespan: Past, Future, and Present
... It is not group selection The most common misconception about the evolution of aging is that it is somehow ‘‘good for the species.’’ The elderly age so that they may die and leave room and resources for the young, who otherwise could not reproduce. This was the first evolutionary theory of aging to ...
... It is not group selection The most common misconception about the evolution of aging is that it is somehow ‘‘good for the species.’’ The elderly age so that they may die and leave room and resources for the young, who otherwise could not reproduce. This was the first evolutionary theory of aging to ...