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Darwins Inheritance
Wellcome Library —
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Tomorrows Wellcome Library Insight session, is a joint event held with Wellcome Collection. Darwins Inheritance will draw on a range of objects, archives and illustrative materials, in order to contextualise the life and work of Charles Darwin and investigate the legacy of his discoveries in the 20th century. ...1 week ago -
The myth of language universals: Language diversity and its importance for cognitive science
COMD News —
Authority: 154
Talk of linguistic universals has given cognitive scientists the impression that languages are all built to a common pattern. In fact, there are vanishingly few universals of language in the direct sense that all languages exhibit them. Instead, diversity can be found at almost every level of linguistic organization. ...2 weeks ago -
R. A. Fishers model of adaptation
john hawks weblog —
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Chapter 2 of R. A. Fishers Genetical Theory of Natural Selection is remarkable for many reasons. In it, he presents a model of selection in an age-structured population, the concept of reproductive value, and the Fundamental Theorem. Toward the end of the chapter, he discusses "The Nature of Adaptation," presenting ...2 weeks ago -
What is Neoteny
Neoteny, sexual selection, cause of autism, human evolution, social transformation, left organizing and internet activism - how they all connect —
Authority: 124
While reading Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins in the early 1980s, for the first time I came across the word “neoteny.” Robbins may have been familiar with Stephen J. Gould’s work, Ontogeny and Phylogeny , published in 1977. Ontogeny and Phylogeny is considered the most important modern ...4 weeks ago
