• Can you list the top facts and stats about Evolutionary biology? (wikiwand.com)
  • Evolutionary biology is the subfield of biology that studies the evolutionary processes ( natural selection , common descent , speciation ) that produced the diversity of life on Earth . (wikiwand.com)
  • In the 1930s, the discipline of evolutionary biology emerged through what Julian Huxley called the modern synthesis of understanding, from previously unrelated fields of biological research, such as genetics and ecology , systematics , and paleontology . (wikiwand.com)
  • Moreover, the newer field of evolutionary developmental biology ("evo-devo") investigates how embryogenesis is controlled, thus yielding a wider synthesis that integrates developmental biology with the fields of study covered by the earlier evolutionary synthesis. (wikiwand.com)
  • Advances in molecular biology, including DNA sequencing and protein analysis, have provided strong evidence for evolutionary relationships among species. (easyelimu.com)
  • The Consciousness, Anesthesia and Evolutionary Biology GRC is a premier, international scientific conference focused on advancing the frontiers of science through the presentation of cutting-edge and unpublished research, prioritizing time for discussion after each talk and fostering informal interactions among scientists of all career stages. (grc.org)
  • Understanding how large-scale environmental variability may shape the distribution of phenotypic variation remains central to evolutionary biology. (frontiersin.org)
  • He is Professor of Evolutionary Genetics at the University of Nottingham, in the School of Biology. (wikipedia.org)
  • J. Evolutionary Biology 15, 42-48. (wikipedia.org)
  • I was talking with a friend about the Polio vaccine, when he said to me that evolutionary biology has a major problem because you cannot do experiments in it because there are too many variables. (sciforums.com)
  • How would experiments in evolutionary biology be done then? (sciforums.com)
  • he said to me that evolutionary biology has a major problem because you cannot do experiments in it because there are too many variables. (sciforums.com)
  • I suppose that will be bad news for the many thousands of evolutionary biologists around the world who spend their careers performing research into evolutionary biology. (sciforums.com)
  • Can Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Provide Unique Evaluation Insight? (europeanevaluation.org)
  • Do the fields of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) have anything to say to Evaluation other than casting familiar concepts and methodologies into a new language? (europeanevaluation.org)
  • After all, cultural norms and evolutionary biology both suggest people should focus on raising their own children, not animals of a completely different species. (boisestate.edu)
  • So, someone who believes evolutionary biology is the cat's meow, and who finds a widespread human practice, so widespread that we have never encountered a single culture where it is absent, and one into which a huge amount of energy is poured, would have to say it is most likely adaptive, right? (consultingbyrpm.com)
  • Now Michael Ruse's concern is that the field of evolutionary biology itself will suffer from bad publicity. (uncommondescent.com)
  • By sharing his infectious love of the wonders of evolutionary biology, Wilson inspired countless others with his impassioned vision about the need to safeguard biological diversity. (skeptic.com)
  • In episode 150 of The Michael Shermer Show, Harvard professor of human evolutionary biology Daniel Lieberman discusses his pioneering researcher on the evolution of human physical activity in his book Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do is Healthy and Rewarding. (skeptic.com)
  • Isn't that a pretty extraordinary claim in evolutionary biology? (biomedcentral.com)
  • This position requires an experienced scientist to use experimental methods in plant and insect ecology, chemical analysis, and evolutionary biology. (academicjobsonline.org)
  • Engage in ongoing academic and intellectual life within relevant scientific programs at the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and other relevant units on campus. (academicjobsonline.org)
  • As science journalist Carl Zimmer rightly points out , the evolutionary process that produced eukaryotic cells from simpler microbes stands as "one of the deepest mysteries in biology. (reasons.org)
  • By answering these questions, we can begin to understand their biology and ecology, which in turn may provide hints as to how these organisms are related to other multicellular lifeforms. (salon.com)
  • Antoon Geels, Professor of History of Religions and Psychology of Religions, reflects in his book Laga världen med ickevåld, medkänsla och andra verktyg on an existence where people live side by side and steward our planet in an optimal manner using nine tools taken from wisdom traditions, world religions and modern research in psychology, neuroscience and evolutionary biology. (lu.se)
  • Several downstream analyses are performed and their utility in applied ecology, evolutionary biology and molecular biology research will be discussed with guest speakers. (lu.se)
  • I have yet to read an evaluation report that cast models or program theory in terms of interactions among concepts such as rates of population change, species birth and extinction, topography of fitness landscapes, coevolution, movement within an ecosystem, competitive and synergistic relationships, or any of the numerous other concepts that populate the daily thought processes of ecologists and evolutionary biologists. (europeanevaluation.org)
  • Not wanting to dance on anyone's grave, I must nonetheless say that I think the evolutionary biologists had this one coming. (uncommondescent.com)
  • Evolutionary biologists believe that once engulfed by the host cell, this microbe took up permanent residency, growing and dividing inside the host. (reasons.org)
  • Evolutionary biologists view the presence of the diminutive mitochondrial genome as a vestige of this organelle's evolutionary history. (reasons.org)
  • Evolutionary biologists and paleontologists have long been stumped by the question. (scientificamerican.com)
  • Beginning, suitably, at the beginning of life on earth, McCullough's book traces the origins of altruistic tendencies in various species, patiently explaining the theories of evolutionary psychologists and biologists as to why these tendencies might exist. (bookbrowse.com)
  • This provides the opportunity for ecologists, evolutionary biologists and molecular biologists to incorporate bioinformatic analyses into their existing research program to approach their research questions from an interdisciplinary angle. (lu.se)
  • These experiments, often conducted with microorganisms, fruit flies, or plants, provide real-time evidence of evolutionary processes, such as natural selection and genetic adaptation. (easyelimu.com)
  • The findings also provide the first indication of distinct phases in vertebrate molecular evolution, with changes in different types of biological processes dominating during different periods of evolutionary history. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The chapters are as follows: Preface, Chapter 1: Introduction, Chapter 2: Information Behaviour Framework, Chapter 3: Evolutionary Foundation, Chapter 4: Instinct versus Environment, Chapter 5: Human Cognitive and Social Behaviour, Chapter 6: Lifetime Development, Chapter 7: Information Behaviour Sub‐Processes, Chapter 8: Information Behaviour Over the Ages and Chapter 9: Key Propositions and Future Directions. (emerald.com)
  • In my research, I am trying to identify interesting and open questions concerning evolutionary, molecular, or epidemiological processes with respect to various organisms and address them using existing or novel tools. (lu.se)
  • What evolutionary processes govern and maintain the organization and content of junk DNA and to what purpose. (lu.se)
  • We will try to show that the "science of eugenics", proposed by Francis Galton (1883), and the contemporary transhumanist project, outlined since the second half of the 20th century, share the controversial belief that human beings, through science and technology, are able to successfully control the evolutionary processes of human species. (bvsalud.org)
  • We will try to show that this belief disregards the central characteristics of the complex self-organized adaptive evolutionary processes of organisms in general. (bvsalud.org)
  • Current and future large surveys of the Milky Way are set to determine the evolutionary processes that took place in our galaxy, and others like it. (lu.se)
  • Evolutionary theory, which proposes that all living organisms share a common ancestry and have changed over time, is supported by a wide range of evidence from various scientific disciplines. (easyelimu.com)
  • Homologous structures are anatomical features in different species that have a common evolutionary origin. (easyelimu.com)
  • By comparing the genomes of species whose evolutionary lineages diverged at different times in the past, researchers can see when in evolutionary history a particular conserved sequence first appeared. (sciencedaily.com)
  • These new regulatory elements are evolutionary innovations that have been passed on to all the descendants of the species in which they first arose," Haussler said. (sciencedaily.com)
  • To further public understanding of evolutionary genetics, Brookfield has created a podcast explaining some of the issues, and as part of the Nottingham University 200 years of Darwin Celebrations, delivered Darwin's famous lecture On the Origin of the Species, in full Victorian dress. (wikipedia.org)
  • So, here is a prominent biologist stating a general rule for evaluating traits: if the trait is expensive in terms of energy required, by default we should assume it provides something important to the species in question. (consultingbyrpm.com)
  • Although the molecular logic for how antagonistic constructive and destructive signaling pathways tune the number of axons, synapses, and neurons is becoming established for vertebrates, the evolutionary history of these pathways is less clear. (rupress.org)
  • He is now Professor of evolutionary genetics at the University of Nottingham. (wikipedia.org)
  • 2 Another important defender of the eugenic project was Ronald Fisher, one of the formulators of evolutionary genetics (Wade, 2008). (bvsalud.org)
  • Now researchers combing through the DNA sequences of vertebrate genomes have identified three distinct periods of evolutionary innovation that accompanied this remarkable diversification. (sciencedaily.com)
  • They see the biochemical similarities between mitochondrial and bacterial genomes as further evidence for the evolutionary origin of these organelles. (reasons.org)
  • In my evolutionary work, I strive to understand how genomic material is organized in genomes. (lu.se)
  • Evolutionary radio presents another exciting podcast. (anabolex.com)
  • Podcast Evolutionary.org 547 - KISS Principle for Training - how? (anabolex.com)
  • By comparing genetic differences and mutation rates, scientists can create timelines for evolutionary events. (easyelimu.com)
  • Scientists working in this field seek to answer the question, "What is the purpose of play? (chriskresser.com)
  • To honor the legendary evolutionary theorist and biologist Edward O. Wilson (1929-2021), who passed away on December 26, 2021 at the age of 92, we present two tributes to him from Mark Moffett and Frank Sulloway, scientists who knew the man well and are deeply familiar with his work and his legacy. (skeptic.com)
  • And, because many of the most interesting questions in science can appear at times to be nearly impenetrable mysteries, new discoveries typically bring me (and most other scientists) a mixture of hope and consternation. (reasons.org)
  • These mixed emotions are clearly evident in the life scientists who strive to understand the evolutionary origin of complex, eukaryotic cells. (reasons.org)
  • A champion in her field, and the first Curtin female researcher to win this prestigious title, Kliti is a dedicated educator and mentor for WA's evolutionary scientists of tomorrow. (edu.au)
  • However, scientists as authors and readers were wary of their quality and sustainability [ Schauder, 1994 ] and some raised the question as to whether electronic journals were needed at all [ Odlyzko, 1996 ]. (dlib.org)
  • Since Darwin, scientists have tried to answer this question using evolutionary theory. (bookbrowse.com)
  • This question leaps to the minds of most people when they first learn that scientists study a small soil nematode worm to gain insights into human development and disease. (ku.edu)
  • Evolutionary psychology gets busted by the morality squad? (uncommondescent.com)
  • They had been warned years ago to disassociate themselves from the tabloid-friendly speculations of "evolutionary psychology. (uncommondescent.com)
  • McCullough expertly braids together the distinctive strands of evolutionary psychology, history, and philosophy to explore and explain a characteristic unique to our stage of development: kindness to strangers. (bookbrowse.com)
  • Furthermore, a continuous transformation of anatomic features resulting from the growth of columns is revealed between Eoobolidae, Lingulellotretidae and Acrotretida, shedding new light on the evolutionary growth and adaptive innovation of stacked sandwich columns among early phosphatic-shelled brachiopods during the Cambrian explosion. (elifesciences.org)
  • evolutionary capacitor switching is a bet on finding adaptive cryptic variants in a new environment. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Many will know Crocker as the scientist who got the boot from George Mason University for questioning the Prophet Darwin. (uncommondescent.com)
  • This conceptual clarity provides a firm footing for the characterization of the evolutionary and social dimension of Kuhn's epistemology in parts two and three of the book respectively. (nd.edu)
  • We've abandoned all assumptions about what they might be related to, and instead tried to answer more fundamental questions. (salon.com)
  • The author also demonstrates that he actually understands some fundamental evolutionary principles, unlike the rather naive versions of evolution that I was recoiling from elsewhere (I'll include an example later). (scienceblogs.com)
  • We hope that this research will lead to a new understanding of skeletal muscle function with implications primarily for human health, but also provide answers to fundamental evolutionary questions. (lu.se)
  • https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201607098 ) explore the evolutionary origins of these cues and report that in Drosophila melanogaster pro- and mature neurotrophins are capable of inducing death and survival pathways, respectively, by binding Toll receptor family members, which then recruit distinct sets of effector proteins. (rupress.org)
  • Because questions of origins are invariably linked with ancestry and identity, my work has immediate applications for medical and genetic research where the homogeneity of cohorts is of importance, as well as to social studies which ask similar questions from different angles. (lu.se)
  • The leading explanation for the evolutionary origin of eukaryotic cells is the endosymbiont hypothesis. (reasons.org)
  • Participants then responded to a variety of questions about the behavior, rated the extent to which the behavior was performed of the actor's own free will, and reported their broad beliefs in human free will. (databasefootball.com)
  • I want to better understand the behavior of pet parenting by people from the perspective of evolutionary science . (boisestate.edu)
  • For the past few decades, those who have been consciously awakening have been deeply engaged in healing and integration, which are both part of the evolutionary Call of a new paradigm. (innerself.com)
  • This paradigm is an evolutionary and social epistemology, as in the book's title. (nd.edu)
  • CHIELD: The causal hypotheses in evolutionary linguistics database. (mpg.de)
  • In the first period of evolutionary innovation, in addition to changes affecting developmental genes, the study found a dramatic enrichment in conserved elements near genes for proteins known as "transcription factors," which bind to DNA and regulate whole groups of other genes. (sciencedaily.com)
  • I propose that it is this evolutionary history that explains pet parenting. (boisestate.edu)
  • The forms evident among Ediacaran organisms are, for the most part, truly unique - and we are no closer to understanding their place in evolutionary history. (salon.com)
  • In just over 30 years, Geoff Hodgson has made substantial contributions to institutional economics, evolutionary economics, economic methodology, the history of economic thought and social theory. (e-elgar.com)
  • It is a real challenge to information science: to survive and prosper long term researchers must develop cross‐disciplinary connections and engage fully with the methods and perspectives that shape the cognitive, evolutionary, social, and behavioural sciences. (emerald.com)
  • To help answer this question, these researchers went to Eastern Africa and collected even MORE monkey poop-- from chimpanzees and bonobos. (scienceblogs.com)
  • 1 And while researchers continue to accumulate clues about the origin of eukaryotic cells, they remain stymied when it comes to offering a robust, reliable evolutionary account of one of life's key transitions. (reasons.org)
  • And each time researchers present new understanding about this presumed evolutionary transition, it exposes even more flaws with the model, turning the joy of discovery into frustration, as the latest work by a team of Japanese microbiologists attests. (reasons.org)
  • Developing leadership in and publishing products on the research funded by NSF (~25%) Provide intellectual leadership in conceptualizing hypotheses about coevolution and specificity of interactions and developing new capabilities within the lab to address those questions. (academicjobsonline.org)
  • This will be done by addressing the following research question: What is the effect of alternative management strategies, characterized by different levels of forestry intensity, harvesting of biofuels from forests and protection of forests being distributed across the landscape, on trade-offs and synergies between carbon sequestration, biomass production (wood and biofuels), biodiversity and soil and water quality? (lu.se)
  • You will be trained to conduct bioinformatics research with purpose of answering scientific questions in various biological subject areas. (lu.se)
  • my second major research interest therefore lies in the question of how nature-connection impacts our health and attitude to wild animals and habitats. (lu.se)
  • Johnson, L.J. and Brookfield, J.F.Y. (2002) Evolutionary dynamics of a selfishly spreading gene that stimulates sexual reproduction in a partially sexual population. (wikipedia.org)
  • Understanding the historical and evolutionary dynamics of a society is crucial for this. (lu.se)
  • Secondly, to conclude (correctly, I contend) that religion must offer some evolutionary benefits certainly does not mean that any particular religious beliefs are true. (consultingbyrpm.com)
  • Have religious beliefs served an evolutionary purpose? (osu.edu)
  • Evolutionary anthropologist Sarah Hrdy wrote in 2009 that humans are cooperative breeders . (boisestate.edu)
  • Biologically controlled mineral crystals producing organic-inorganic composites (hard skeletons) by metazoan biomineralizers has been an evolutionary innovation for more than half billion years on Earth. (elifesciences.org)
  • Answering pressing questions regarding employee selection and mobbing culture in the workplace, Andrew R. Timming explores the unique intersection of the biological sciences and human resource management. (e-elgar.com)
  • Cross-cultural consistency results from an evolutionary process linking physically attractive features to biological or social fitness. (medscape.com)
  • In this tribute to Edward O. Wilson, Frank J. Sulloway recounts how the Harvard evolutionary biologist had a profound and enduring influence on his own life and academic career. (skeptic.com)
  • Wilson believes that to answer this question, we must turn to evolutionary theory, and especially to a theory known as group selection, which holds that better adapted groups produce more offspring, with the result that their traits are passed on. (prospect.org)
  • Because of evolutionary conservation of gene function and experimental tractability, C. elegans represents an ideal "model organism" to study basic genetic and molecular mechanisms of human development and disease. (ku.edu)
  • It is an evolutionary adaptation that helped human beings who cooperatively raised children survive. (boisestate.edu)
  • Before we unpack the work by the Japanese investigators and its implications for the endosymbiont hypothesis, a quick review of this cornerstone idea in evolutionary theory is in order. (reasons.org)
  • We became interested in this subject because the teacher candidates were questioning, as good teacher candidates do, a troubling disconnect between early childhood theory and associated practice in classrooms. (oercommons.org)
  • In the article, they raise the question of whether understanding the historical roots of economic development means that policy cannot be effective today. (lu.se)
  • A non-believing evolutionary scientist could coherently have just such a view of the role of religion: it's all a bunch of poppycock, but it's poppycock that aids human survival by creating hope and fortitude, and enhancing social harmony. (consultingbyrpm.com)
  • To honor the legendary evolutionary theorist and biologist Edward O. Wilson, who passed away on December 26 at the age of 92, his former student Mark Moffett, pays tribute to his mentor in this deeply moving memoir of his time working with the great scientist. (skeptic.com)
  • In drawing together a theoretical framework for information behaviour that reflects a wide spectrum of evolutionary and behavioural fields Professor Spink anticipates that we have a good basis upon which to draw together a more complete idea of information behaviour across human lifetimes. (emerald.com)
  • The book offers a theoretical framework with which Professor Spink maps out literatures, ideas, and questions. (emerald.com)
  • In our discussions and theories about SETI, the Fermi paradox hangs over them all like a sword of Damocles, ready to fall and cut our assumptions to pieces with the simple question, where are the aliens? (centauri-dreams.org)
  • Professor Spink raises some questions: "Where does our information behaviour ability come from and how does it develop within us as an instinctive socio‐cognitive ability? (emerald.com)
  • The preface sets forward the challenge of raising new questions, drawing together multiple disciplines that might contribute to the study of information behaviour, and embraces the challenge of bringing Information Science into the wider body of sciences and social sciences. (emerald.com)
  • And that view is out there, and is much more compatible with evolutionary thinking in general than is the "social pathology" one. (consultingbyrpm.com)
  • Nevertheless the sociology of science has an important role to play in an evolutionary, social epistemology. (nd.edu)
  • Tenemos una marcada preferencia por ciertos nutrientes, y esto nos lleva a buscarlos tal y como se presentan en nuestro medio social y natural. (blogspot.com)
  • Dado que el medio social ha transformado de tal forma el natural, para hacerlo más adaptado a nosotros (y de esta forma nos hemos adaptado a él), disponemos de alimentos y bebidas en abundancia, con un elevado contenido de los nutrientes que más nos apetecen, que no necesariamente son los que más nos convienen (tal como explica muy bien José Enrique Campillo en el libro El Mono Obeso ). (blogspot.com)
  • El ser humano es, antes que nada, una máquina de supervivencia que necesita de continuo mantenerse, repararse y crecer, con un flujo permanente de entrada y salida de moléculas en intercambio con el medio ambiente físico y químico (y biológico y social superpuestos). (blogspot.com)
  • We're not sure every one is rock solid, but we have so many that the statistical patterns are unequivocal--these trends must reflect the evolutionary changes that occurred. (sciencedaily.com)
  • I use phylogenetic methods, spatiophylogenetic modelling, and causal inference to answer big-picture questions about large-scale typological patterns and language change. (mpg.de)
  • Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for science fiction and fantasy enthusiasts. (stackexchange.com)
  • Join us in the WOSU@COSI Studios for a spirited panel discussion on the intersection of science and religion, followed by a question-and-answer session. (osu.edu)
  • For me, researching mass extinctions raises some big Earth Science questions, of significant paleobiological interest and I love trying to answer these questions. (edu.au)
  • I am not really sure if this the right section for this question - it might belong to computer science. (stackexchange.com)
  • Many previous studies have shown that important evolutionary changes in animals have resulted from the gain, loss, or modification of gene regulatory elements, rather than from the evolution of new protein-coding genes. (sciencedaily.com)
  • For example, if an individual is 99 percent likely to die while saving two full siblings with 100 percent certainty, that's enough for the sibling-saving gene to spread slowly but surely over evolutionary time. (prospect.org)
  • Totally raw and unfiltered, this time they answer all questions sent in by you guys and gals. (anabolex.com)
  • To answer these questions, I rely both on studies that span time and studies that focus on how our local surroundings shape us. (lu.se)
  • This radical transformation in human understanding - which has come to a peak in the mid 1990's - I shall call " the new evolutionary enlightenment" . (blogspot.com)
  • Assessing play from an evolutionary perspective can help us answer this question. (chriskresser.com)
  • First of all, there are many non-religious scholars who work from an evolutionary perspective and who do not suddenly abandon the principle Heinrich stated when they turn their attention to religion. (consultingbyrpm.com)
  • There are many questions that need to be answered in order to establish a widely useful reference set. (lu.se)
  • I want to motivate why this is a reasonable approach and therefore explain how an evolutionary algorithm works. (stackexchange.com)
  • Mathematics Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for people studying math at any level and professionals in related fields. (stackexchange.com)
  • More specifically, the students should gain basic knowledge and practice in designing and executing bioinformatics procedures aimed at answering scientific questions in the fields mentioned above. (lu.se)
  • So the most scientific answer I can give is that they had a common ancestor. (stackexchange.com)
  • What questions are relevant questions and what answers count as suitable is not given by the world but results from previous scientific investigation. (nd.edu)
  • In every such case, there is always a specific evolutionary purpose. (innerself.com)
  • As Daniel Kevles indicates in his studies of eugenics, Fisher asked, for example, the following question providing a controversial answer: "What reduction would the sterilization or segregation of all the `feebleminded' produce in one generation? (bvsalud.org)
  • There has been a great deal of work done tangentially to the questions. (scienceblogs.com)