from complex biological molecules that are contained in cells. The study of living things is : BIOLOGY In the hierarchy of life‚ species are made up of: POPULATIONS Defining life precisely can be difficult‚ however‚ all living things share the following: cellular organization growth‚ development‚ reproduction energy utilization evolutionary adaptation NOT…movement “A concept in biology is: The whole is equal to more than the sum of its parts.” This is termed: EMERGENT PROERTIES biological
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Fuentes book. These four major approaches focus on natural selection. These approaches are‚ Human Behavioral Ecology‚ Evolutionary Psychology‚ Dual Inheritance Theory‚ and Memetics. Human Behavioral Ecology is the study of behavior from ecological and evolutionary perspectives with the goal of linking ecological factors and adaptive behavior. (Krebs and Davies 1997). Evolutionary Psychology is understanding the evolution of psychological mechanisms resulting in human behavior. Dual Inheritance Theory
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on the differential survival and reproduction of groups’. For altruism to evolve it must contribute positively towards natural selection. Group selection theory came about to resolve the issues that lied with the inconsistency with traditional evolutionary theory - ‘Natural selection in its simplest form favours selfish individual behaviours over altruistic ones: Individuals who invest the most effort into their own reproduction and survival...have the greatest success of passing on their genes’
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Year 10 Science Biology Unit “Changes Over Time” Conditions Key Dates Time Allowed: class time and 5 weeks own time Task Given Week Beginning 17th February Plagiarism: refer to school policy Submit choice of species 21st February Harvard Referencing: refer to sources No late submissions will be accepted without an approved extension – speak to teacher before 17 March Submit work completed to date Midnight 2nd March Submit Final Assignment Midnight 21st March Criteria
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Biology 1010 is a course that introduces students to the basic biological phenomena in all living organisms. It focuses on the different molecular levels of organization‚ heredity in evolution‚ genetics and reproduction. Through this course‚ I was able to master three essential concepts such as Mendel’s Law of Segregation‚ enzymes‚ and photosynthesis. Gregor Mendel was an Augustinian monk that argued that parental traits are passed on to their offspring discrete “heritable factors”. Heritable factors
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homologies because the splitting events and common ancestors existed in the past and cannot be directly observed. There are two methods of phylogenetic inference: 1. Parsimony. Species are arranged in a phylogeny such that the smallest number of evolutionary changes is required. 2. Distance (or similarity.) Species are arranged in a phylogeny such that each species is grouped with the other species that it shares the most characters with. the Red Queen remarks "here‚ you see‚ it takes all the
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from evolution and attempts to explain and examine social behavior within that context. Often considered a branch of biology and sociology‚ it also draws from ethology‚ anthropology‚ evolution‚ zoology‚ archeology‚ population genetics‚ and other disciplines. Within the study of human societies‚ sociobiology is very closely allied to the fields of human behavioral ecology and evolutionary psychology. Sociobiology investigates social behaviors‚ such as mating patterns‚ territorial fights‚ pack hunting
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sociobiology” –Marshall Sahlins Marshall Sahlins wrote this short book in 1976 in response to E O Wilson’s ’Sociobiology’. Sahlins gives a brief critique of what he called ’vulgar sociobiology’ which is a critique of simplistic notions of genes and evolutionary biology. The majority of the book is a critique of what he called ’scientific sociobiology’ and which he basically reduced to ’kin selection’ and what he sees as its failings. He says human kinship is culturally created and about shared interests‚
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law of thermodynamics. The need of energy to fuel the organism follows entropy in the making of this source‚ therefore compatible with the second law of thermodynamics. 6). What are the essential characteristics of science? Describe how evolutionary studies fit these characteristics whereas “scientific creationism” or “intelligent-design theory” does not. Science is guided by natural law‚ it has to be explanatory by reference to natural law‚ it is testable against the observable world. Its
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Evolutionary Psychology www.epjournal.net – 2009. 7(2): 208-233 ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Original Article Evolution‚ Psychology‚ and a Conflict Theory of Culture Kevin MacDonald‚ Department of Psychology‚ California State University – Long Beach‚ Long Beach‚ CA‚ USA. Email: kmacd@csulb.edu (Corresponding author). Abstract: This article develops an evolutionary theory of conflict over the construction of culture that is informed by current knowledge of psychological mechanisms. Psychological
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