Veblen and Darwinism
... on the faith that nothing happens without a cause and that every cause has an effect’. This applies to human intentionality as well as everything else. Contrary to widespread belief, causal explanation does not mean that intentions are ignored in Darwinism; it simply means that they are caused, and ...
... on the faith that nothing happens without a cause and that every cause has an effect’. This applies to human intentionality as well as everything else. Contrary to widespread belief, causal explanation does not mean that intentions are ignored in Darwinism; it simply means that they are caused, and ...
Divergent Evolution through Cumulative Segregation.
... IN my study of Sandwich-Island terrestrial mollusks my attention was early arrested by the fact that wide diversity of allied species occurs within the limits of a single island, and in districts which present essentially the same environment. As my observations extended, I became more and more impr ...
... IN my study of Sandwich-Island terrestrial mollusks my attention was early arrested by the fact that wide diversity of allied species occurs within the limits of a single island, and in districts which present essentially the same environment. As my observations extended, I became more and more impr ...
From Darwinian Metaphysics towards Understanding the Evolution
... Nonetheless, the overall argument of this book still applies. On the one hand, since the time of my earlier work some of its claims – such as the advocacy of multilevel selectionism and the role of evolutionary constraints – have become hotly disputed topics in biology and the philosophy of biology. ...
... Nonetheless, the overall argument of this book still applies. On the one hand, since the time of my earlier work some of its claims – such as the advocacy of multilevel selectionism and the role of evolutionary constraints – have become hotly disputed topics in biology and the philosophy of biology. ...
On Sexual Reproduction as a New Critique of the Theory of Natural
... and reproduce, iteratively leading to the development and further evolution of – sometimes very complex – features called adaptations. �is description of the mechanism, or principle, of natural selection as laid down in �e Origin of Species more than 150 years ago, still forms the core of contempora ...
... and reproduce, iteratively leading to the development and further evolution of – sometimes very complex – features called adaptations. �is description of the mechanism, or principle, of natural selection as laid down in �e Origin of Species more than 150 years ago, still forms the core of contempora ...
The Flamingo`s Smile - A Website About Stephen Jay Gould`s
... part presents the argument that many unique characteristics of each race of humans are due to the mechanism of sexual selection. (The Descent of Man is widely misunderstood, Gould tells us. It is not Darwin’s presentation of his views on the evolution of humans from earlier species. The book is abou ...
... part presents the argument that many unique characteristics of each race of humans are due to the mechanism of sexual selection. (The Descent of Man is widely misunderstood, Gould tells us. It is not Darwin’s presentation of his views on the evolution of humans from earlier species. The book is abou ...
THE EVOLUTION OF PARASITES IN RESPONSE TO TOLERANCE
... and consider the implications in terms of the parasite’s evolution. Our approach is to examine the evolution of parasite growth (or replication) rate within the host, assuming that this relates to transmission and causes virulence. An explicit account of the epidemiological feedbacks in the system i ...
... and consider the implications in terms of the parasite’s evolution. Our approach is to examine the evolution of parasite growth (or replication) rate within the host, assuming that this relates to transmission and causes virulence. An explicit account of the epidemiological feedbacks in the system i ...
theodosius dobzhansky - National Academy of Sciences
... evolution in human thought was, according to Dobzhansky, best expressed in a passage that he often quoted from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: "[Evolution] is a general postulate to ...
... evolution in human thought was, according to Dobzhansky, best expressed in a passage that he often quoted from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: "[Evolution] is a general postulate to ...
Darwin Conspiracy - Answers in Genesis
... several different arguments to question Darwin’s integrity and originality. The result is a somewhat ungainly narrative of incidents only connected by the imaginary misdeeds of Darwin. What follows is an attempt to capture the main thrust of Davies’s arguments, in which some details have unfortunate ...
... several different arguments to question Darwin’s integrity and originality. The result is a somewhat ungainly narrative of incidents only connected by the imaginary misdeeds of Darwin. What follows is an attempt to capture the main thrust of Davies’s arguments, in which some details have unfortunate ...
- Wiley Online Library
... as well as those fixed between species are common contributors to adaptation and speciation. Translocations, which often have severe negative effects on heterozygote fitness (e.g., White 1969) may be more likely to cause postzygotic barriers but less likely to initially spread. However, they also ha ...
... as well as those fixed between species are common contributors to adaptation and speciation. Translocations, which often have severe negative effects on heterozygote fitness (e.g., White 1969) may be more likely to cause postzygotic barriers but less likely to initially spread. However, they also ha ...
Fishman et al. 2013 - College of Humanities and Sciences
... as well as those fixed between species are common contributors to adaptation and speciation. Translocations, which often have severe negative effects on heterozygote fitness (e.g., White 1969) may be more likely to cause postzygotic barriers but less likely to initially spread. However, they also ha ...
... as well as those fixed between species are common contributors to adaptation and speciation. Translocations, which often have severe negative effects on heterozygote fitness (e.g., White 1969) may be more likely to cause postzygotic barriers but less likely to initially spread. However, they also ha ...
SimBio Virtual Labs® EvoBeaker®: Finches and Evolution
... Gradually, the Galapagos finches evolved into distinct populations, then species, adapted to a diversity of lifestyles. One species eats cactus flowers, another eats leaves, and a third pecks the wings and tails of boobies and drinks their blood. Two use twigs or cactus spines to pry insect larvae f ...
... Gradually, the Galapagos finches evolved into distinct populations, then species, adapted to a diversity of lifestyles. One species eats cactus flowers, another eats leaves, and a third pecks the wings and tails of boobies and drinks their blood. Two use twigs or cactus spines to pry insect larvae f ...
Philosophy of Biology: A Contemporary Introduction
... the reason that the philosophy of biology has become one of the liveliest and most publicly visible of philosophy’s subdisciplines. Another is that the questions biology leaves to philosophy are the most immediately relevant to many distinctively human concerns. For example, it is to biology that ma ...
... the reason that the philosophy of biology has become one of the liveliest and most publicly visible of philosophy’s subdisciplines. Another is that the questions biology leaves to philosophy are the most immediately relevant to many distinctively human concerns. For example, it is to biology that ma ...
Specious Speciation: Response to Talk Origins Speciation FAQ
... As noted, the FAQ is often cited to explicitly or implicitly claim that Darwinian evolution is capable of producing significant biological change. But the FAQ’s definition of “speciation” seems contrived when used to demonstrate the grander claims of Darwinian evolution that fundamentally new biolog ...
... As noted, the FAQ is often cited to explicitly or implicitly claim that Darwinian evolution is capable of producing significant biological change. But the FAQ’s definition of “speciation” seems contrived when used to demonstrate the grander claims of Darwinian evolution that fundamentally new biolog ...
nosil vines funk 2005 evolution
... of each other as mates should be sufficient to predict the overall frequency of matings between them and thus their degree of premating isolation. However, this is not neces- ...
... of each other as mates should be sufficient to predict the overall frequency of matings between them and thus their degree of premating isolation. However, this is not neces- ...
Transformations of Lamarckism
... characters”—seemed final and irreversible. Many biologists regarded Lamarckism in much the same way they regarded the phlogiston theory in chemistry. It was seen as being of historical interest only, though perhaps having some heuristic value in the teaching of Darwinism. However, as the lectures an ...
... characters”—seemed final and irreversible. Many biologists regarded Lamarckism in much the same way they regarded the phlogiston theory in chemistry. It was seen as being of historical interest only, though perhaps having some heuristic value in the teaching of Darwinism. However, as the lectures an ...
Speciation genetics: current status and evolving approaches
... average less likely to function with alleles of a different ancestral background in hybrid individuals. Hybrid sterility or inviability may therefore simply evolve as a by-product of genomic differentiation after extended periods of geographic separation. Accordingly, the evolution of BDM incompatib ...
... average less likely to function with alleles of a different ancestral background in hybrid individuals. Hybrid sterility or inviability may therefore simply evolve as a by-product of genomic differentiation after extended periods of geographic separation. Accordingly, the evolution of BDM incompatib ...
Speciation genetics - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal
... average less likely to function with alleles of a different ancestral background in hybrid individuals. Hybrid sterility or inviability may therefore simply evolve as a by-product of genomic differentiation after extended periods of geographic separation. Accordingly, the evolution of BDM incompatib ...
... average less likely to function with alleles of a different ancestral background in hybrid individuals. Hybrid sterility or inviability may therefore simply evolve as a by-product of genomic differentiation after extended periods of geographic separation. Accordingly, the evolution of BDM incompatib ...
Rough Transcript of the Video: Darwin`s Dangerous Idea
... [After they arrive we are shown a lecture in progress] Professor Richard Owen (a highly regarded anatomist and naturalist) speaking in a pompous tone: “This is a large, extinct llamalike creature and this is a giant ground sloth discovered by Mr. Darwin at Punta Alta. Erasmus to Dawin in a whisper a ...
... [After they arrive we are shown a lecture in progress] Professor Richard Owen (a highly regarded anatomist and naturalist) speaking in a pompous tone: “This is a large, extinct llamalike creature and this is a giant ground sloth discovered by Mr. Darwin at Punta Alta. Erasmus to Dawin in a whisper a ...
Rapid evolution of adaptive niche construction
... Many species engage in adaptive niche construction: modification of the local environment that increases the modifying organism’s competitive fitness. Adaptive niche construction provides an alternative pathway to higher fitness, shaping the environment rather than conforming to it. Yet, experimenta ...
... Many species engage in adaptive niche construction: modification of the local environment that increases the modifying organism’s competitive fitness. Adaptive niche construction provides an alternative pathway to higher fitness, shaping the environment rather than conforming to it. Yet, experimenta ...
toward an evolutionary definition of cheating
... the parasites off them (Bshary and Grutter 2002). In this case, the cleaner fish are exploiting the cooperative behavior of the client fish to stay there and have its parasites eaten. Another example is when some firefly females of the genus Photuris mimic the light flash pattern of Photinus females ...
... the parasites off them (Bshary and Grutter 2002). In this case, the cleaner fish are exploiting the cooperative behavior of the client fish to stay there and have its parasites eaten. Another example is when some firefly females of the genus Photuris mimic the light flash pattern of Photinus females ...
Aula 2: O que é VIDA? - IAG-Usp
... its that enhance survival and successful production will become progressively ore common in succeeding generations. ...
... its that enhance survival and successful production will become progressively ore common in succeeding generations. ...
Genomics and the origin of species
... to elucidate the relationships between evolutionary processes and genomic divergence patterns on the one hand, and between genomic properties and speciation processes on the other hand, and it will help to unify research on both the ecological and non-ecological causes of speciation. In this Review, ...
... to elucidate the relationships between evolutionary processes and genomic divergence patterns on the one hand, and between genomic properties and speciation processes on the other hand, and it will help to unify research on both the ecological and non-ecological causes of speciation. In this Review, ...
Niche construction in evolutionary theory: the construction
... than the equilibrium value p1*. In that case, in the next generation, p1 will increase. This increase ...
... than the equilibrium value p1*. In that case, in the next generation, p1 will increase. This increase ...