Evolutionary biology Definition and 11 Threads

So I've been reading a bit about Human ancestry and Human-Chimpanzee common ancestry, and one thing that you tend to hear a lot is the notion that humans didn't evolve from chimpanzees but rather they share a common ancestor. I've read about how this common ancestor population could have been...

I want to do a project for my class on the obstetrical conundrum. Which is basically the antagonism of selective pressures on pelvic morphology. I need help to find literature. I want to know if over the course of history, if Human baby's fontanelles increased in size in order to compensate for...

Some organisms still have magnetoreceptors, what would be the evolutionary benefits of these receptors?

This thread is a shoot-off from this thread. Assuming some relation between human language and logical reasoning, how would this relate, let's say, to the arrival and evolution of logic in human and animal psychology? I would presume that some logic, for example classical logic, can be more or...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/hemimastigotes-supra-kingdom-1.4715823 Citation to the paper being discussed: Lax et al. Hemimastigophora is a novel supra-kingdom-level lineage of eukaryotes. Nature. Published online 14 Nov 2018. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0708-8

Hello, I’m an undergraduate physics student. Recently, I recognize that I am interested in evolution and I want to study life’s origin. When I preferred physics, because I want to learn how nature works. Now, I am not only interested in how nature works, also I’m passionate for neuroscience and...

What are possible explanations as to why variation persists in the natural world despite the effects of genetic drift and directional selection?

Homework Statement For a Gaussian landscape, the log-fitness change caused by a mutation of size r in chemotype element i is Q_i(r) = -\vec{k} \cdot S \cdot \hat{r_i}r - \dfrac{1}{2} \hat{r_i} \cdot S \cdot \hat{r_i}r^2 . To find the largest possible gain in log-fitness achievable by...

Hi all I'm a physics undergrad (rising year) and trying to find some kind of creative outlet for my studies in physics. I'm sort of fed up with the research academic world (at least in SS physics (solar cells) where I am now), I'm not sure if I'd want to go into other standard physics...

For those interested in Evolutionary Biology, you may find this interesting. If you use the Opera browser, you may know about their downloadable widgets. (They had a programming competition recently and lots more were added.) The widgets are simple app's, usually very small in size. This...

For any of the Bad Religion fans here, Dr. Graffin now has his PhD dissertation from Cornell available. It is in paperback book form titled "Evolution, Monism, Atheism and the Naturalist World-View: Perspectives from Evolutionary Biology". 252 pages. http://www.cornellevolutionproject.org/...