br00t4c, 2 days ago to random The world's most common cockroach is 'a monster of our own creation,' study finds #evolutionary https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/the-world-s-most-common-cockroach-is-a-monster-of-our-own-creation-study-finds-1.7210060?cmp=rss
The world's most common cockroach is 'a monster of our own creation,' study finds
#evolutionary
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/the-world-s-most-common-cockroach-is-a-monster-of-our-own-creation-study-finds-1.7210060?cmp=rss
br00t4c, 8 days ago to random Goose Bumps, Extra Nipples and Leftover Tails Remind Us of What We Once Were #evolutionary https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/goose-bumps-extra-nipples-and-leftover-tails-remind-us-of-what-we-once-were/
Goose Bumps, Extra Nipples and Leftover Tails Remind Us of What We Once Were
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/goose-bumps-extra-nipples-and-leftover-tails-remind-us-of-what-we-once-were/
JIPB, 16 days ago to climate Using #genomic, #morphological and #ecological analyses, Rana et al. reveal the #evolutionary dynamics of cryptic speciation in a major #biodiversity hotspot and warn of the impact of a warming #climate on alpine species diversity. https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13663 @wileyplantsci #PlantSci #botany
Using #genomic, #morphological and #ecological analyses, Rana et al. reveal the #evolutionary dynamics of cryptic speciation in a major #biodiversity hotspot and warn of the impact of a warming #climate on alpine species diversity. https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13663 @wileyplantsci #PlantSci #botany
auscandoc, 25 days ago to Plants Two lifeforms merge in once-in-a-billion-years evolutionary event https://l.threads.net/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fnewatlas.com%2Fbiology%2Flife-merger-evolution-symbiosis-organelle%2F&e=AT2O2VQTkDJwDuRw80f2C_PJDb_ZaHarAGLwNl4YiXdvDuAUgiRnRNM-afA0ho7NFpANl8YtLkQv7RBCP_HKshlPqTz8Ak9RU_9Go2mD6XHiO18Y14y6&s=1 “Scientists have caught a once-in-a-billion-years #evolutionary event in progress, as two lifeforms have merged into one organism that boasts abilities its peers would envy. Last time this happened, Earth got #plants”
Two lifeforms merge in once-in-a-billion-years evolutionary event https://l.threads.net/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fnewatlas.com%2Fbiology%2Flife-merger-evolution-symbiosis-organelle%2F&e=AT2O2VQTkDJwDuRw80f2C_PJDb_ZaHarAGLwNl4YiXdvDuAUgiRnRNM-afA0ho7NFpANl8YtLkQv7RBCP_HKshlPqTz8Ak9RU_9Go2mD6XHiO18Y14y6&s=1 “Scientists have caught a once-in-a-billion-years #evolutionary event in progress, as two lifeforms have merged into one organism that boasts abilities its peers would envy. Last time this happened, Earth got #plants”
br00t4c, 1 month ago to Christianity Christianity Was Always for the Poor #christianity #evolutionary https://jacobin.com/2024/03/christianity-poor-debt-jesus-moses-wealth/
Christianity Was Always for the Poor
#christianity #evolutionary
https://jacobin.com/2024/03/christianity-poor-debt-jesus-moses-wealth/
br00t4c, 2 months ago to random Whale menopause linked to longer lifespan #evolutionary https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68528499
Whale menopause linked to longer lifespan
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68528499
br00t4c, 2 months ago to animals Why Do Animals Play? #animals #evolutionary https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/04/why-animals-play-evolution/677477/
Why Do Animals Play?
#animals #evolutionary
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/04/why-animals-play-evolution/677477/
br00t4c, 3 months ago to random An Evolutionary 'Big Bang' Explains Why Snakes Come in So Many Strange Varieties #diversity #evolutionary https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/an-evolutionary-big-bang-explains-why-snakes-come-in-so-many-strange-varieties/
An Evolutionary 'Big Bang' Explains Why Snakes Come in So Many Strange Varieties
#diversity #evolutionary
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/an-evolutionary-big-bang-explains-why-snakes-come-in-so-many-strange-varieties/
jgpausas, 3 months ago to evolution Apparently, Turkey's government plans to eliminate the theory of #evolution from the biology curriculum & replace it with #creationism ideas https://www.duvarenglish.com/turkish-education-ministry-to-put-creationism-at-center-of-biology-curriculum-union-says-news-63885 This is very unfortunate. I'd like to recall that Muslims were among the first in #evolutionary thinking https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00219266.2016.1268190 #Turkey #EvolutionaryBiology #teaching @evolution @ecology @biodiversity An untold story in biology: the historical continuity of evolutionary ideas of Muslim scholars from the 8th century to Darwin’s time
Apparently, Turkey's government plans to eliminate the theory of #evolution from the biology curriculum & replace it with #creationism ideas https://www.duvarenglish.com/turkish-education-ministry-to-put-creationism-at-center-of-biology-curriculum-union-says-news-63885
This is very unfortunate. I'd like to recall that Muslims were among the first in #evolutionary thinking https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00219266.2016.1268190
#Turkey #EvolutionaryBiology #teaching @evolution @ecology @biodiversity
An untold story in biology: the historical continuity of evolutionary ideas of Muslim scholars from the 8th century to Darwin’s time
br00t4c, 4 months ago to evolution How Supergenes Shape Evolution #evolution #evolutionary https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-supergenes-shape-evolution/
How Supergenes Shape Evolution
#evolution #evolutionary
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-supergenes-shape-evolution/
br00t4c, 4 months ago to random Dinosaurs may be reason why humans age fast, study finds #evolutionary https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/dinosaurs-human-ageing-fast-b2474281.html
Dinosaurs may be reason why humans age fast, study finds
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/dinosaurs-human-ageing-fast-b2474281.html
br00t4c, 4 months ago to eggs Big evolutionary change tied to lots of small differences #eggs #evolutionary https://arstechnica.com/?p=1994081
Big evolutionary change tied to lots of small differences
#eggs #evolutionary
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1994081
larkin, 5 months ago to aiart Among similar fragilities and perversities (152) #digitaldrawing #evolutionary #aiart #serialism #zen
Among similar fragilities and perversities (152) #digitaldrawing #evolutionary #aiart #serialism #zen
larkin, 5 months ago to aiart Thinking in language beyond words (151) #digitaldrawing #evolutionary #aiart #serialism #zen
Thinking in language beyond words (151) #digitaldrawing #evolutionary #aiart #serialism #zen
larkin, 5 months ago to aiart Celebrating small victories (150) #digitaldrawing #evolutionary #aiart #serialism #zen
Celebrating small victories (150) #digitaldrawing #evolutionary #aiart #serialism #zen
larkin, 5 months ago to aiart Letting each day be a canvas for new possibilities (149) #digitaldrawing #evolutionary #aiart #serialism #zen
Letting each day be a canvas for new possibilities (149) #digitaldrawing #evolutionary #aiart #serialism #zen
GregCocks, 5 months ago to geopolitics The Anthropocene Condition - Evolving Through Social–Ecological Transformations https://phys.org/news/2023-12-anthropocene-condition-evolving-socialecological.html <-- shared technical article https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0255 <-- shared paper / opinion piece [not my usual fare to post, but fascinating] #anthropocene #global #human #evolution #archaeology #ecology, #anthropology #evolutionary #culture #cultural #culturalintelligence #culturalpractices #culturalheritage #humanimpacts #population #fire #cooking #framing #agriculture #urbanisation #trade #trading #supplychains #economic #economys #humansociety #reshapetheplanet #anthroecology #ecosystems #climatechange #anthropogenic #extinction #pollution #environment #environmentalimpacts #socioecology photo - large limestone quarry graphic - A stylized depiction of long-term evolutionary patterns of transformative anthroecological change, highlighting major regime shifts in sociocultural niche construction, cultural, ecological and material inheritances, societal scales, energy use per capita and niche construction intensity (anthrome area per capita). The linear appearance of this chart is for illustrative purposes only; patterns of change in sociocultural evolution are nonlinear, nondeterministic, and more appropriately depicted as a tree with interconnected branches—as a fabric of coevolution. (GJ, gigajoules; GMO, genetically modified organisms; AI, artificial intelligence.) map - global - Anthropocene World - shows the land surface resized by its population overlaid with data related to human action and interaction on the planet. Each transformed grid cell in the map is proportional to the total number of people living in that area.
[not my usual fare to post, but fascinating] #anthropocene #global #human #evolution #archaeology #ecology, #anthropology #evolutionary #culture #cultural #culturalintelligence #culturalpractices #culturalheritage #humanimpacts #population #fire #cooking #framing #agriculture #urbanisation #trade #trading #supplychains #economic #economys #humansociety #reshapetheplanet #anthroecology #ecosystems #climatechange #anthropogenic #extinction #pollution #environment #environmentalimpacts #socioecology
photo - large limestone quarry graphic - A stylized depiction of long-term evolutionary patterns of transformative anthroecological change, highlighting major regime shifts in sociocultural niche construction, cultural, ecological and material inheritances, societal scales, energy use per capita and niche construction intensity (anthrome area per capita). The linear appearance of this chart is for illustrative purposes only; patterns of change in sociocultural evolution are nonlinear, nondeterministic, and more appropriately depicted as a tree with interconnected branches—as a fabric of coevolution. (GJ, gigajoules; GMO, genetically modified organisms; AI, artificial intelligence.) map - global - Anthropocene World - shows the land surface resized by its population overlaid with data related to human action and interaction on the planet. Each transformed grid cell in the map is proportional to the total number of people living in that area.
npariente, 5 months ago to Animal #CoolPaper alert 📢📢 So pleased that this is out in published form @PLOSBiology The #evolutionary #origins of eukaryotic innate #immune systems have firmly crossed prokaryotic divide. Their study is fascinating, provides really interesting insights & avenues of future discovery Ed Culbertson & Tera Levin reveal origins of 3 families of #antiviral proteins: CD-NTases (incl #cGAS), #STINGs & #Viperins; each connecting #animal & #bacterial immunity https://plos.io/46SfBqM
#CoolPaper alert 📢📢 So pleased that this is out in published form @PLOSBiology
The #evolutionary #origins of eukaryotic innate #immune systems have firmly crossed prokaryotic divide. Their study is fascinating, provides really interesting insights & avenues of future discovery
Ed Culbertson & Tera Levin reveal origins of 3 families of #antiviral proteins: CD-NTases (incl #cGAS), #STINGs & #Viperins; each connecting #animal & #bacterial immunity
https://plos.io/46SfBqM
br00t4c, 6 months ago to random Cats That Fetch Are an Evolutionary Mystery #evolutionary https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/11/cat-fetching-behavior/676078/
Cats That Fetch Are an Evolutionary Mystery
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/11/cat-fetching-behavior/676078/
RadicalAnthro, 6 months ago to random The #evolutionary puzzle of #samesex behaviours. How widespread are they across species? https://theconversation.com/how-and-why-did-homosexual-behaviour-evolve-in-humans-and-other-animals-215331?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton
The #evolutionary puzzle of #samesex behaviours. How widespread are they across species? https://theconversation.com/how-and-why-did-homosexual-behaviour-evolve-in-humans-and-other-animals-215331?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton
br00t4c, 6 months ago to random The Evolutionary Reasons We Are Drawn To Horror Movies and Haunted Houses #evolutionary #people https://science.slashdot.org/story/23/11/10/1825243/the-evolutionary-reasons-we-are-drawn-to-horror-movies-and-haunted-houses
The Evolutionary Reasons We Are Drawn To Horror Movies and Haunted Houses
#evolutionary #people
https://science.slashdot.org/story/23/11/10/1825243/the-evolutionary-reasons-we-are-drawn-to-horror-movies-and-haunted-houses
br00t4c, 6 months ago to Canada Discovered in the deep: the ancient plankton that fill a major evolutionary gap #canada #evolutionary https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/08/discovered-in-the-deep-the-ancient-plankton-that-fill-a-major-evolutionary-gap
Discovered in the deep: the ancient plankton that fill a major evolutionary gap
#canada #evolutionary
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/08/discovered-in-the-deep-the-ancient-plankton-that-fill-a-major-evolutionary-gap
br00t4c, 6 months ago to random Our Evolutionary Past Can Teach Us about AI's Future #evolutionary https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/our-evolutionary-past-can-teach-us-about-ais-future/
Our Evolutionary Past Can Teach Us about AI's Future
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/our-evolutionary-past-can-teach-us-about-ais-future/
br00t4c, 7 months ago to random The Evolutionary Reasons We Are Drawn to Horror Movies and Haunted Houses #evolutionary #people https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-evolutionary-reasons-we-are-drawn-to-horror-movies-and-haunted-houses/
The Evolutionary Reasons We Are Drawn to Horror Movies and Haunted Houses
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-evolutionary-reasons-we-are-drawn-to-horror-movies-and-haunted-houses/
10 surprising things you might not know about evolution (www.earlham.ac.uk)