Furthermore, whereas introgression of Neanderthal genetic information facilitated the adaptation of modern humans related to multiple phenotypes (for example, metabolism, pigmentation and neuronal development), Denisovan introgression was primarily beneficial for immune-related functions. Finally, we report ...
Nicotinamide N-methyltransferase (NNMT) and its metabolite 1-MNA have been implicated in liver disease and stress adaptation. Here, the authors show that NNMT/1-MNA protects against hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury by modulating the AKT/FOXO1/ANGPT2/JNK axis. ...
We will argue that within the mutuality of animal and surround, agency applies only to the animal and is, therefore, asymmetric with surround in the “organism–environment system,” rather than emerging in a symmetrical way from such a system, as is argued by others (e.g., Malfouris2013;...
Hubstenberg et al offers an example of such an adaptation. The authors developed a fluorescence-activated particle sorting (FAPS) method in which P-bodies were fluorescently labelled by expressing a P-body marker and were purified from human epithelial cells. In addition, they identified the ...
What are some physiological adaptation examples? What is the role of growth hormone in metabolism, growth and development? What is an example of homeostasis? Which characteristic of life best describes the process of homeostasis? What is the reductionist approach in biology?
In this paper I am concerned with adjudicating the scientific and social bases for “nesting behaviours” in humans. I evaluate the strength of the claim that nesting behaviours are best understood as psycho-endocrinological compulsions arising from an evolutionary adaptation, and establish, via a ...
Yet, certainly in pre-historic times our survival and further spread was fully compliant with, and restricted to, the rules of nature, which would qualify as a colonisation. So did humans naturally colonise the globe, or were we a biological invasion? We argue that the distinction is ...
She experienced the stressful situation of adaptation to living by herself, surrounded by peers and no family around throughout the week. Thus, this school became her microsystem based on Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory. This microsystem involved personal relationships with peers, teachers, and her...
What are some instinctive behaviors for humans? What is the holistic approach to biology? What is the bottom-up approach to biology? What is the continuum approach in biology? What is human and social biology? What is an experimental approach in biology?
One of the more stunning examples of the resourcefulness of human vision is the ability to see ‘biological motion’, which was first shown1 with an adaptation of earlier cinematic work2: illumination of only the joints of a walking person is enough to c