Posted 18 May 2012 / 0
Social Evolution Forum Peter Turchin “The Dark Side of Cultural Evolution” I love the evolutionary nuance unravelled in this post: both the idea of “staged traits” and the strong assertion that traits are produced by networks of genes are critical subtleties often ignored by evolutionary hypotheses. I am a bit skeptical, however, about the assumption Read More
A Minor Post, Adaptation, Cultural Evolution, Mismatch theory
Posted 18 May 2012 / 0
Social Evolution Forum Robin I.M. Dunbar “Networking Past and Present” Social Evolution Forum Nicholas Baumard “The Evolution of Cooperation: from Networks to Institutions” Social Evolution Forum Herbert Gintis “Commentary on Dunbar and Baumard” Some interesting stuff here: We may no longer live in fission-fusion tribes, but we still move around a lot socially (changing family partnerships, looking Read More
A Minor Post, Cooperation, Gene-Culture Coevolution, Punishment, Social Networks
Posted 17 May 2012 / 0
Daily Mail “Did dogs help humans conquer the world? Man’s best friend may be the reason why we flourished over the Neanderthals” The Atlantic “Humanity’s Best Friend: How Dogs May Have Helped Humans Beat the Neanderthals“
A Minor Post, Animal Domestication, Articles, Canids, Homo species, Human Evolution
Posted 16 May 2012 / 0
Life “Theory of the Origin, Evolution, and Nature of Life” Over 100 pages and exactly 800 citations later, I am still not sure.
A Minor Post, Articles, Evolution
Posted 16 May 2012 / 0
Scientific American Blogs “On selfish genes and human behaviour“
A Minor Post, Evolution, Genetics, Natural Selection, Web
Posted 15 May 2012 / 0
Union of Concerned Scientists Cooler Smarter This is a much more simple footprint calculator than the ones I use in my classes, but it might be useful for people who want a quick snapshot of the carbon impacts of their behavioral choices.
A Minor Post, Activism, Ecological Footprinting, Sustainable Energy, Web
Posted 15 May 2012 / 0
Union of Concerned Scientists “Eight Ways Monsanto Fails at Sustainable Agriculture“
A Minor Post, Activism, Sustainable Agriculture
Posted 15 May 2012 / 0
BMC Biology “Evolving a photosynthetic organelle” What I find fascinating about this particular protist is that it suggests that the endosymbiotic acquisition of chloroplasts may not have been a singular event, and protists may continue to incorporate new bacteria, creating potential for novel evolutionary change.
A Minor Post, Articles, Mutualism
Posted 14 May 2012 / 0
Alife 13th Annual Conference
A Minor Post, Conferences, Evolutionary Modeling
Posted 14 May 2012 / 0
EcoHealth 2012 Conference Art Competition
A Minor Post, Conferences, Science in Art & Design
