Sentences with phrase «about evolutionary»

Further, he provides us with extremely reasonable ideas about the evolutionary basis for the development of each of these emotional circuits.

Our partner site, ThoseLoveGeeks.com, has just released a new podcast where they chat with Dr. David Buss about the evolutionary roots of hooking up.

In fact, when I teach about evolutionary psychology in college courses, I make sure to cover these alternative explanations and viewpoints (e.g., Alice Eagly's Social Role Theory).

Writes about evolutionary philosophy and fictional worlds inspired by it.Contemplating the past to choose the destination.

And subsequently an organizing system, cladistics, developed that based its groupings not on superficial or structural similarities but on what was known about its evolutionary ancestry.

Finally, for those hoping for fame or other great things from their offspring, I tweeted @crossborderbio about a cool post by my wife (and editor of the Cross-Border Biotech Blog) about evolutionary advantages for sensitive kids.

I also read a lot about evolutionary biology and new technology, because to understand where the law is headed, and prepare accordingly, you need to know where humanity is headed first.

Past history speaks about the evolutionary changes influencing our language from the Germanic, Latinate / Romance, Norman and French cultures.

As for the why: «Actually, I think it's a great way to teach kids about evolutionary biology and developmental biology and all sorts of things,» Horner says in his talk.

Well, that is all fine and good but I hope you can see that those of us who find the similar claims made about evolutionary theory and AGW by naysayers to both be wrong will not find this argument very compelling.

Obviously the plan to counter suspicions about evolutionary belief is to scare the public senseless with pseudoscientific babble.

«Darwin's Room» is accompanied by a lot of puff about evolutionary biology and Social Darwinism, but for me its primary interest will lie in what Ghenie's canvases say in this context about the capacity of painting itself to survive and adapt.

Combine this with the ever changing landscape of the gaming world and the fast pace of smartphone and PC iteration and it's clear to see why Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo are thinking about evolutionary consoles as the future.

Let's talk about evolutionary consoles and why we're starting to hear from Sony, Microsoft and even Nintendo about how the future of consoles are going to be «iterative», «evolutionary» and even «upgradable».

Most customers won't even bother thinking about the evolutionary console when there is a cheaper base console on the market and the majority upgrading to a Neo or 1.5 will be enthusiasts who want to pay more for better graphics.

Collaborative research teams of archaeologists, biologists, geneticists, and resource managers can generate new insights about the evolutionary histories of other endemic taxa.

The book's about the evolutionary origins of belief, which Wolpert ties to tool use, which is apparently not that common a theory, but it made sense.

Back in November 2014, I wrote about the evolutionary changes from Kindle's Original to Amazon's latest and greatest Kindle, the Voyage.

Netherlands - based Etsy entrepreneur Sim Janhom used Eevee as her muse — arguably the prettiest Pokémon of the original 150 — and decked out a full set of tools in just about every evolutionary form the creature takes on.

The second question that comes to mind is what does this difference imply about our evolutionary environment?

In thinking about the evolutionary benefit of each individual having a different metabolism, with different mental affect resulting from the exact same diet, I conclude that this variability is very important to group fitness / survival.

This is unfortunate, seeing as it's impossible to make sense of why we humans behave the way we do and why and how different mental illnesses develop if one doesn't know anything about the evolutionary pressures that sculpted the human brain.

He taught me a lot about evolutionary medicine and nutrition in general, opened many doors and introduced me (directly and indirectly) to various players in this field, such as Dr. Boyd Eaton (one of the fathers of evolutionary nutrition), Maelán Fontes from Spain (a current research colleague and close friend), Alejandro Lucia (a Professor and a top researcher in exercise physiology from Spain, with whom I am collaborating), Ben Balzer from Australia (a physician and one of the best minds in evolutionary medicine), Robb Wolf from the US (a biochemist and the best «biohackers I know»), Óscar Picazo and Fernando Mata from Spain (close friends who are working with me at NutriScience), David Furman from Argentina (a top immunologist and expert in chronic inflammation working at Stanford University, with whom I am collaborating), Stephan Guyenet from the US (one of my main references in the obesity field), Lynda Frassetto and Anthony Sebastian (both nephrologists at the University of California San Francisco and experts in acid - base balance), Michael Crawford from the UK (a world renowned expert in DHA and Director of the Institute of Brain Chemistry and Human Nutrition, at the Imperial College London), Marcelo Rogero (a great researcher and Professor of Nutrigenomics at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil), Sérgio Veloso (a cell biologist from Portugal currently working with me, who has one of the best health blogs I know), Filomena Trindade (a Portuguese physician based in the US who is an expert in functional medicine), Remko Kuipers and Martine Luxwolda (both physicians from the Netherlands, who conducted field research on traditional populations in Tanzania), Gabriel de Carvalho (a pharmacist and renowned nutritionist from Brazil), Alex Vasquez (a physician from the US, who is an expert in functional medicine and Rheumatology), Bodo Melnik (a Professor of Dermatology and expert in Molecular Biology from Germany, with whom I have published papers on milk and mTOR signaling), Johan Frostegård from Sweden (a rheumatologist and Professor at Karolinska Institutet, who has been a pioneer on establishing the role of the immune system in cardiovascular disease), Frits Muskiet (a biochemist and Professor of Pathophysiology from the Netherlands, who, thanks to his incredible encyclopedic knowledge and open - mind, continuously teaches me more than I could imagine and who I consider a mentor), and the Swedish researchers Staffan Lindeberg, Tommy Jönsson and Yvonne Granfeldt, who became close friends and mentors.

For a high - performing lean - body experience, I recommend learning the nutritional benefits of the foods you consume, finding ways to buy local, experimenting with Paleo and Primal principles, reading more about evolutionary diets, hunter - gatherers and thinking about channeling some «Caveman Mindset» of your own.

«Sometimes obscure and difficult math can lead to new insights about the evolutionary process and our human origins.

The researchers» results support major hypotheses about evolutionary relationships in seed plants.

And they are challenging conventional ideas about the evolutionary history of humanity.

Within the fields of microbiology and immunology, neurologic diseases, neuropharmacology, behavioral, cognitive and developmental neuroscience, and psychiatric disorders, the center's research programs are seeking ways to: develop vaccines for infectious and noninfectious diseases; understand the basic neurobiology and genetics of social behavior and develop new treatment strategies for improving social functioning in social disorders such as autism; interpret brain activity through imaging; increase understanding of progressive illnesses such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases; unlock the secrets of memory; treat drug addiction; determine how the interaction between genetics and society shape who we are; and advance knowledge about the evolutionary links between biology and behavior.

Wirgin is talking about evolutionary costs.

However, it was in my first evolutionary biology class, when I discovered population genetics, that I got excited about evolutionary biology.

At the time this was probably rather useless genomic variation, but has now become incredibly beneficial millions of years later when the opportunity for major adaptive radiations arose, changing the way we think about evolutionary processes.»

COVER Lingering questions about the evolutionary history of baleen whales are finding answers, thanks to a new genomics study.

«We're talking about an evolutionary transition that in some ways is as dramatic» as the evolution of flight itself, Clarke says.

Hopefully, this new discovery about its evolutionary relationships and visual deception may increase interest in the species, as it provides an opportunity for scientists to further test predictions associated with ISDM.

A new book about evolutionary biology prefers its analogies to come from modern society's complex relationships

An ancient animal with a serpent - like body plan and four tiny legs could reveal details about the evolutionary origins of snakes

He told Graham Lawton about the evolutionary benefits of lying

«Embryology can tell us about the evolutionary relationship between anatomical features in living animals, while palaeontology can pinpoint precisely when these features first appear in deep time.

Nobody knows why an invertebrate should need such a gene, but the fact that its various coding regions are organised in a subtly different way from those of all other known globin genes is forcing a rethink about the evolutionary history of globin genes.

«If you think about our evolutionary ancestors, you could imagine some kind of singing ritual to bond groups together very quickly so they could then take part in some sort of collective activity like hunting,» Pearce says.

«The genome could also answer many important questions about the evolutionary history of this iconic desert species.»

A student named John Ostrom picked up where Brown left off, renaming the specimen and rejuvenating the century - old debate about the evolutionary origin of birds.

«Ancient ancestor of humans with tiny brain discovered: Homo naledi raises intriguing questions about our evolutionary past.»

«This is a serious health issue but very little is known about their evolutionary history and why plants have evolved these allergens.»

Therefore they provide important information about the evolutionary timing of submarine volcanos, from inception through to emergence above the sea as they become volcanic islands.

«In regions of the chromosome where we can align all three species, the sequence similarity fits with what we know about the evolutionary relationships among the species — humans are more closely related to chimpanzees.

Some of the best evidence about the evolutionary origins of dogs comes, ironically, from studies of foxes.

«If we assume that all of these results are equally valid, then what does this tell us about the evolutionary history of these three species?»

The magnitude of the problem has scientists like Bergstrom in a race against time as they attempt to harness what they know about evolutionary theory to slow the rate at which bacteria become resistant.

That's what bothers me most about the evolutionary path of our vehicles — and about many of the other technologies we bring into our lives under the rubric of «convenience.»