Sentences with phrase «shaped by evolution»

That simple act, evoking a response from another mind, is a key feature of early childhood development and remains «deeply rewarding,» Siegel said, satisfying primordial instincts shaped by our evolution as a social species.

What a lot of people, including most medical professionals, don't know though, is that many of the manifestations and symptoms that occur as a result of illness, such as fever, diarrhea, and vomiting, are also defenses shaped by evolution that exist because they have an adaptive function.

Plants are shaped by evolution to generally tolerate considerable disruption of chromosomal structure, but in reading this section of Smith's book we would never know that.

It is a surface hunter, shaped by evolution to hover just beneath the boundary between water and air, where it picks off anything unlucky enough to catch its notice.

They point out that our minds, like our bodies, have been shaped by evolution: we have inherited ways of thinking from those of our ancestors whose mental tools were best adapted for survival and reproduction.

This process can be seen, and it is shaped by evolution.»

Raising a child, it turns out, is neither brain surgery nor rocket science but something that biology, shaped by evolution, equips us to do.

A review of the book says that its authors make a sound scientific case that males, rather than merely being providers, have also been shaped by evolution to care for their offspring.

That simple act, evoking a response from another mind, is a key feature of early childhood development and remains «deeply rewarding,» Siegel said, satisfying primordial instincts shaped by our evolution as a social species.»

Not exact matches

Some evolutionary creationists have argued that this non-randomness of evolution is a way that God uses evolution to shape His creation (the best work on this topic is Life's Solution by noted Cambrian paleontologist Simon Conway Morris).

As we try to plan and direct the evolution of human society and its pluralistic values and styles, by what are we to be shaped and transformed?

What the process paradigm generalizes as the principle that «the many become one, and are increased by one,» Kauffman conceptualizes as spontaneous exhibitions of new degrees of order that may play as fundamental a role in shaping evolution as does the Darwinian process of natural selection.

2 p.m. New York Times bestselling author and distinguished scholar Carole Boston Weatherford discusses how American history and cultural evolution is shaped by slavery, segregation and social justice.

College students» views on evolution are shaped significantly more by religiosity than education, according to a survey of Southern students.

«Clearly, venom evolution in these two snake species has been shaped by different forces.

The new study «adds fuel to an active debate» about the role of accessory genes, says Alan McNally, a microbiologist at the University of Birmingham in England — whether or not the collections of genetic add - ons that bacteria maintain are shaped by natural selection, the process that fuels evolution.

The proposed «two - speed» mode of venom evolution highlights the fascinating evolutionary dynamics of this complex biochemical cocktail, by showing for the first time the significant roles played by different forces of natural selection in shaping animal venoms.

Mr Esquerre said not all evolution was driven by natural selection, but examples such as pythons and boas reinforce its importance in shaping biological diversity.

The newly created Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group has selected four initial researchers — Jennifer Doudna of the University of California (UC), Berkeley, Ethan Bier of UC San Diego, James Collins of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, and Bassem Hassan of the Brain and Spine Institute in Paris — to receive $ 1.5 million each to study topics ranging from novel techniques for gene editing, how shapes and forms arise over the course of evolution, and how synthetic biology can create microbes that trap and kill dangerous bacteria.

It is cited by a leading theoretical physicist who proposes that evolution helped shape the laws governing the cosmos.

Chitwood has now crossed his passions for plants and stringed instruments by publishing a study that documents the evolution of violin shapes using the same methods that he uses for charting the evolving form of leaves.

He identified four major groups of stringed instrument makers, or luthiers, who each crafted their own signature shapes that were passed down with small changes generation by generation — what Chitwood notes was «descent with modification,» in deference to Darwin's theory of evolution.

For more than three decades evolutionary psychologists have advanced a simple theory of human sexuality: because men invest less reproductive effort in sperm than women do in eggs, men's and women's brains have been shaped differently by evolution.

Scientists increasingly realize the importance of gut and other microbes to our health and well - being, but one University of California, Berkeley, biologist is asking whether these microbes — our microbiota — might also have played a role in shaping who we are by steering evolution.

By oxidizing iron, these microorganisms likely helped shape the chemistry of Earth over billions of years, ultimately leading to the evolution of more complex life such as plants and animals.

But if you strip away all the paraphernalia then really what culture is about at its core is about innovations that are not encoded in the genome somehow and are passed on, not by genetic transmission, and are not sort of shaped by natural selection, which is the normal stuff of evolution; but it is transmitted socially through social learning.

The Mars Exploration Program studies Mars as a planetary system in order to understand the formation and early evolution of Mars as a planet, the history of geological processes that have shaped Mars through time, the potential for Mars to have hosted life, and the future exploration of Mars by humans.

We close by discussing major open questions about how genetic drift, purifying selection, and positive selection combine to shape influenza's evolution within hosts during more typical, acute infections, and how this within - host diversity contributes to the virus's global evolution.

In an effort to understand how black holes shape the evolution of galaxies, astronomers spent eight months creating a series of time - lapse movies from 400 observations made by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.

Summary: Extremely powerful genes that govern the shape of an embryo from the earliest stages of development have been tinkered with by nature over the course of evolution to create the enormously wide range of animal forms, scientists report in the August 14, 1997 issue of Nature.

Extremely powerful genes that govern the shape of an embryo from the earliest stages of development have been tinkered with by nature over the course of evolution to create the enormously wide range of animal forms, scientists report in the August 14, 1997 issue of Nature.

Whose well - being is threatened by our changing relationship with the myriad organisms that shaped the evolution of our species?

Cooperative behaviors in ants are rooted in the kin selection advantage that shaped these insects» evolution: The female workers pass more of their own genes to the next generation by supporting their egg - laying mother than by laying eggs of their own.

August 14, 1997 Evolution re-sculpted animal limbs by genetic switches once thought too drastic for survival Extremely powerful genes that govern the shape of an embryo from the earliest stages of development have been tinkered with by nature over the course of evolution to create the enormously wide range of animal forms, scientists report in the August 14, 1997 issue oEvolution re-sculpted animal limbs by genetic switches once thought too drastic for survival Extremely powerful genes that govern the shape of an embryo from the earliest stages of development have been tinkered with by nature over the course of evolution to create the enormously wide range of animal forms, scientists report in the August 14, 1997 issue oevolution to create the enormously wide range of animal forms, scientists report in the August 14, 1997 issue of Nature.

We have found strong support for the important role of internal selection in shaping the adaptive evolution of body plans (i.e. selection caused by characteristics of the developmental system).

December 21, 2011 «Head - first» diversity shown to drive vertebrate evolution The history of evolution is periodically marked by explosions in biodiversity, as groups of species try out a wide range of shapes and sizes.

Birds» beaks evolving characteristic shapes to eat different food is a classic example of evolution by natural selection.

The same sequence of DNA specifying that corkscrew shape has been exactly preserved by evolution in many vertebrate animals suggesting it has an important biological function.

by Roland Laird with Taneshia Nash Laird Illustrated by Elihu «Adofo» Bay Foreword by Charles Johnson Sterling Publishing Paperback, $ 14.95 240 pages, illustrated ISBN: 978 -1-4027-6226-0 Book Review by Kam Williams «One of the invaluable features of Still I Rise, the first cartoon history of black America, is the wealth of information it provides about the marginalized — and often suppressed — political, economic and cultural contributions black people have made on this continent since the 17th C... Using pictures, it transports us back through time, enabling us to see how dependent American colonists were on the agricultural sophistication of African slaves and indentured servants; how blacks fought and died for freedom during the Revolutionary and Civil Wars; and how, in ways both small and large, black genius shaped the evolution of democracy, the arts and sciences, and the English language in America, despite staggering racial and social obstacles.

Maybe not the happiest shape in the 911's long evolution — the «fried egg» headlights always looked like an aesthetic aberration — the on - road presence of Mark's car is further suppressed by its rather murky navy blue paintwork, while the caramel - coloured interior is a tad incongruous.

All three offer intriguing views on the man and his theories, and their mutual impact on society and science.Darwin's Sacred Cause: How a Hatred of Slavery Shaped Darwin's Views on Human Evolution by Adrian Desmond and James Moore...

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The reflex to stand your ground or run away has been shaped by hundreds of thousands of years of evolution, in response to predators and other environmental threats.

The term «adaptive markets» refers to the multiple roles that evolution plays in shaping human behavior and financial markets, and «hypothesis» is meant to connect and contrast this framework with the Efficient Markets Hypothesis, the theory adopted by the investment industry and most finance academics.

The evolution of dogs has been shaped by their contact with humanity.

Millions of years ago, this area was inhabited by the mysterious Mayan civilization, which has definitely shaped its evolution: the ancient traditions have been maintained in gastronomy, social life and even in the locals» households.

Volpi, however, who was allied at different times with different vociferous factions, and revered by the many «volpistas» in Brazil who championed his work, remained dedicated to his own evolution: `... I never think about what I am doing, I think only about the problem of the line, of the shape of colour,» he once said.

Exploring the evolution of industry in the 21st century, the exhibition investigates labor's recent history and the ways that material, bodies, and value are shaped by industry.

Since people's beliefs about evolution are influenced by their perceptions of scientific consensus, the total role of science knowledge in shaping a person's opinion likely operates indirectly through beliefs about scientific consensus as well as directly through beliefs about whether humans have evolved over time.

Mr. Glidden argues that the evolution and influence of corporate legal departments in shaping the modern legal services industry is too significant to be ignored by law students or law schools.