The Evolution of Security: Revisiting the Human Nature Debate in
... qualitative methodologies, scholars of international relations should formulate precise definitions for observable phenomenon so that claims could be tested and proven in a fashion similar to experiments in the natural sciences. Given the desire to connect political science with the natural sciences ...
... qualitative methodologies, scholars of international relations should formulate precise definitions for observable phenomenon so that claims could be tested and proven in a fashion similar to experiments in the natural sciences. Given the desire to connect political science with the natural sciences ...
Darwinian Evolutionary Ethics
... Why were Darwin’s contemporaries so keen on progressive theories of evolution? The original nub of the matter was that almost all Victorians understood and feared the impact that a thoroughly Darwinian theory of human origins would have upon morals. As the Edinburgh Review's anonymous (1871) comment ...
... Why were Darwin’s contemporaries so keen on progressive theories of evolution? The original nub of the matter was that almost all Victorians understood and feared the impact that a thoroughly Darwinian theory of human origins would have upon morals. As the Edinburgh Review's anonymous (1871) comment ...
Distilling the Essence of an Evolutionary Process and
... a second evolutionary process has appeared on our planet. It is the evolution of culture—e.g. ideas, beliefs, and artifacts—and the creative minds that invent them, adapt them to new situations, and play with them for artistic expression and fun. But does culture evolve in the same genuine sense as ...
... a second evolutionary process has appeared on our planet. It is the evolution of culture—e.g. ideas, beliefs, and artifacts—and the creative minds that invent them, adapt them to new situations, and play with them for artistic expression and fun. But does culture evolve in the same genuine sense as ...
Evolutionary Game Theory First published Mon Jan 14, 2002
... Evolutionary game theory was first developed by R. A. Fisher [see The Genetic Theory of Natural Selection (1930)] in his attempt to explain the approximate equality of the sex ratio in mammals. The puzzle Fisher faced was this: why is it that the sex ratio is approximately equal in many species whe ...
... Evolutionary game theory was first developed by R. A. Fisher [see The Genetic Theory of Natural Selection (1930)] in his attempt to explain the approximate equality of the sex ratio in mammals. The puzzle Fisher faced was this: why is it that the sex ratio is approximately equal in many species whe ...
indexto PR enti C ehallbiolog Y ( M ille R )
... Fossils are a record of life on earth over millions of years, not thousands. All life on earth shares a common ancestor. Figure 15-13 Hundreds of transitional fossils have been found to support evolution. Convergent evolution happens in similar environments in different geographic areas. Gaps in the ...
... Fossils are a record of life on earth over millions of years, not thousands. All life on earth shares a common ancestor. Figure 15-13 Hundreds of transitional fossils have been found to support evolution. Convergent evolution happens in similar environments in different geographic areas. Gaps in the ...
The Modern Synthesis Huxley coined the phrase, the `modern
... selection, mutation, migration, and, what was at first called 'inbreeding effect', now known as random genetic drift (or, the notion that chance factors, such as the random sampling of alleles due to meiosis and recombination from one generation to the next could change the distribution of allele fr ...
... selection, mutation, migration, and, what was at first called 'inbreeding effect', now known as random genetic drift (or, the notion that chance factors, such as the random sampling of alleles due to meiosis and recombination from one generation to the next could change the distribution of allele fr ...
darwin`s legacy: a comparative approach to the evolution of human
... steps until an organism reaches ‘languagereadiness,’ in Corballis’ (2002) words. The second option has two possible readings: a) Human language is a distinct and discrete faculty that evolved because selective (possibly environmental and social) pressures acted on it (Pinker 1994). b) Natural select ...
... steps until an organism reaches ‘languagereadiness,’ in Corballis’ (2002) words. The second option has two possible readings: a) Human language is a distinct and discrete faculty that evolved because selective (possibly environmental and social) pressures acted on it (Pinker 1994). b) Natural select ...
Russian comparative embryology takes form: a conceptual
... Von Baer, Professor of embryology at Dorpat University (Tartu, Estonia) and member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, devoted much time over the years to extend Pander's concept of germ-layer formation to all vertebrates. He studied the development of fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and ...
... Von Baer, Professor of embryology at Dorpat University (Tartu, Estonia) and member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, devoted much time over the years to extend Pander's concept of germ-layer formation to all vertebrates. He studied the development of fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and ...
Evolutionary Robotics - Repositório do ISCTE-IUL
... Dr. Anders Lyhne Christensen, BioMachines Lab, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Lisbon, Portugal Evolutionary robotics is a field of research that employs evolutionary computation to generate robots that adapt to their environment through a process analog ...
... Dr. Anders Lyhne Christensen, BioMachines Lab, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Lisbon, Portugal Evolutionary robotics is a field of research that employs evolutionary computation to generate robots that adapt to their environment through a process analog ...
Anth545Syllabus - Oregon State University
... explore them in a series of response papers. Learning Resources: Articles are available under “Assignments” on Blackboard as pdf’s. In addition, on day one of class, we will select one ethnography from a list of five possible options that focuses on the ways poverty and discrimination can become emb ...
... explore them in a series of response papers. Learning Resources: Articles are available under “Assignments” on Blackboard as pdf’s. In addition, on day one of class, we will select one ethnography from a list of five possible options that focuses on the ways poverty and discrimination can become emb ...
Darwinism, causality and the social sciences
... everywhere at work. But it is not necessary to take a position on this here. ...
... everywhere at work. But it is not necessary to take a position on this here. ...
What happened in the origin of human consciousness?
... not a creative force: it cannot be, because it can only promote novelties that are already in existence. In Nature, form has to precede function, if only because without form there can be no function. And natural selection cannot by itself conjure up anything new, no matter how advantageous the poss ...
... not a creative force: it cannot be, because it can only promote novelties that are already in existence. In Nature, form has to precede function, if only because without form there can be no function. And natural selection cannot by itself conjure up anything new, no matter how advantageous the poss ...
Darwinism, Causality and the Social Sciences
... and, judging from the issues involved, is unlikely to be affected by its conclusion. Although, at least at the social level, we cannot understand causality completely in terms of identifiable material relations, nevertheless all relevant causal relations involve movements of matter and transfers of ...
... and, judging from the issues involved, is unlikely to be affected by its conclusion. Although, at least at the social level, we cannot understand causality completely in terms of identifiable material relations, nevertheless all relevant causal relations involve movements of matter and transfers of ...
Evolutionary Theory and the Ultimate–Proximate
... predictions—they are just alternate ways of analyzing the dynamics of natural selection, and they still lead to the maximization of inclusive fitness (Hamilton, 1975). Put simply, nothing else has been shown to be a maximand of natural selection. Inclusive fitness, then, is the metric by which natur ...
... predictions—they are just alternate ways of analyzing the dynamics of natural selection, and they still lead to the maximization of inclusive fitness (Hamilton, 1975). Put simply, nothing else has been shown to be a maximand of natural selection. Inclusive fitness, then, is the metric by which natur ...
AP Biology Themes Science as a process of inquiry
... You think they’re eating… They’re actually harvesting energy and cycling nutrients! ...
... You think they’re eating… They’re actually harvesting energy and cycling nutrients! ...
SEMIOTICA VOLUME 127 NUMBER 1
... 7. Natural selection and Maxwell’s demons: A semiotic approach to evolutionary biology Luis Eugenio Andrade ...
... 7. Natural selection and Maxwell’s demons: A semiotic approach to evolutionary biology Luis Eugenio Andrade ...
Evolutionary explanation
... altruism). Adaptive dynamics provide for those models a “canonical equation” of change of fitnesses, yet it’s often hardly solvable (Metz 2008). Many equations of the population genetics models can be derived from Price equation. Other models of natural selection are stated in terms of replicator’s ...
... altruism). Adaptive dynamics provide for those models a “canonical equation” of change of fitnesses, yet it’s often hardly solvable (Metz 2008). Many equations of the population genetics models can be derived from Price equation. Other models of natural selection are stated in terms of replicator’s ...
The origin of music as seen from evolutionary science and from
... non-human animal vocalizations (of practical value, for example, in hunting and gathering). In contrast, the “birth of music” is closely tied to special needs of human vocal expression, exceptional contexts involving fervent affective states, spiritual elocution, and all manner of intensely ardent e ...
... non-human animal vocalizations (of practical value, for example, in hunting and gathering). In contrast, the “birth of music” is closely tied to special needs of human vocal expression, exceptional contexts involving fervent affective states, spiritual elocution, and all manner of intensely ardent e ...
The Religion of the Blind Watchmaker
... One way or another, Darwinists meet the question "Is Darwinism true?" with an answer that amounts to an assertion of power: "Well, it is science, as we define science, and you will have to be content with that." Some of us are not content with that, because we know that the empirical evidence for t ...
... One way or another, Darwinists meet the question "Is Darwinism true?" with an answer that amounts to an assertion of power: "Well, it is science, as we define science, and you will have to be content with that." Some of us are not content with that, because we know that the empirical evidence for t ...
Evolutionary Gems from Nature
... vanished from Earth. Some of them even document evolution in action, recording creatures moving from one environment to another. Whales, for example, are beautifully adapted to life in water, and have been for millions of years. But, like us, they are mammals. They breathe air, and give birth to and ...
... vanished from Earth. Some of them even document evolution in action, recording creatures moving from one environment to another. Whales, for example, are beautifully adapted to life in water, and have been for millions of years. But, like us, they are mammals. They breathe air, and give birth to and ...
Pre-adaptation, exaptation and technology speciation: a comment
... addressing missing terminology in the science of form (Gould and Vrba, 1982). Gould and Vrba noticed that the concept of adaptation in fact subsumes two different criteria: historical genesis and current use. The first meaning of adaptation— historical genesis—refers to the dynamic process of evolut ...
... addressing missing terminology in the science of form (Gould and Vrba, 1982). Gould and Vrba noticed that the concept of adaptation in fact subsumes two different criteria: historical genesis and current use. The first meaning of adaptation— historical genesis—refers to the dynamic process of evolut ...
File - San Marin Science
... Darwin concluded that the different finches found on the galapagos islands came from a common ancestor on the mainland – they adapted to different local ...
... Darwin concluded that the different finches found on the galapagos islands came from a common ancestor on the mainland – they adapted to different local ...
15 evolutionary gems
... vanished from Earth. Some of them even document evolution in action, recording creatures moving from one environment to another. Whales, for example, are beautifully adapted to life in water, and have been for millions of years. But, like us, they are mammals. They breathe air, and give birth to and ...
... vanished from Earth. Some of them even document evolution in action, recording creatures moving from one environment to another. Whales, for example, are beautifully adapted to life in water, and have been for millions of years. But, like us, they are mammals. They breathe air, and give birth to and ...
Evolutionary psychology as the missing link
... the "It's true but not important'' stage. Yet evolutionary theory i s important for understanding human behavior. and not everyone knows it-in fact, those most involved i n the scientific investigation of "human nature" are generally the most unaware of its implications. We shall argue that the relu ...
... the "It's true but not important'' stage. Yet evolutionary theory i s important for understanding human behavior. and not everyone knows it-in fact, those most involved i n the scientific investigation of "human nature" are generally the most unaware of its implications. We shall argue that the relu ...