evolutionary biology
the branches of biology that deal with the processes of change in populations of organisms, especially taxonomy, paleontology, ethology, population genetics, and ecology.
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I’m a professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University.
The U.S. Is Just Different — So Let’s Stop Pretending We’re Not (Ep. 469) | Stephen J. Dubner | July 15, 2021 | FreakonomicsSome previous efforts to pinpoint the next emergence have relied on the location of past outbreaks, which isn’t that useful, said Andrew Dobson, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Princeton University.
Where could the next coronavirus jump to humans? New research offers clues. | Benji Jones | May 31, 2021 | VoxThe idea that music has played a role in social bonding is a passage to the subculture of music research in evolutionary biology that lies beneath the world of notes.
This vexes Meiburg, whose subsequent quest for answers produces a lively mashup of evolutionary biology, travelogue, and biography, ushering us on an eye-opening romp through time and space.
The Mystery of the Falkland Islands' Striated Caracara | Paul Kvinta | April 2, 2021 | Outside OnlineThere’s an open question in evolutionary biology, whether the rate of adaptation is accelerated during a speciation event—when populations become separate species—or if it’s a more gradual process.
We Sequenced the Oldest Ever DNA From Million-Year-Old Mammoths | David Díez-del-Molino | February 21, 2021 | Singularity Hub
For his tireless assault on evolutionary biology and downsizing the deity to fit within science, I give Meyer second place.
In The Greatest Show on Earth, Dawkins returns to evolutionary biology.
What Richard Dawkins Reads: Jerry Coyne, Helena Cronin and More | Josh Dzieza | September 27, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
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