There have been no such good conditions for other species to evolved their human-like intelligence. I'm not joking but what are we going to do if a *creature* sitting behind us is having much higher IQs than we are ? Compete, kill or co-live ? Please analyze these terms biolo...
A limit must be set on such flexibility, however, because so much else has to be done in development. If the relevant information remains unavailable for too long, the individual may eventually have to settle for less than the best and develop without acquiring that information. Snell-Rood's...
I would outright refute the idea that we are notpracticallysuperior to them. Evolution is all about practicality; there isn’t any intrinsic or divine order or hierarchy between species; there is only competition for resources. Sure there are countless examples of mutualistic symbiosis between biolog...
Here, we make four novel suggestions for sperm RNA function. First, they could act as relatedness markers facilitating sperm cooperation. Second, they could act as paternally imposed suppressors of haploid interests. Third, they could act as a nuptial gift, providing the female with resources that...
Charles Darwin identified three ingredientsnecessary for natural selectionto occur. Individuals must be different, so there is variation in the population. They must also be able to pass this variation on to offspring. Finally, individuals must compete for resources that limit the number of offspring...
These nodules are formed after the remains of microscopic organisms like coccolithophores, radiolarians, and diatoms are laid down and start to solidify into rock. Water in the formation dissolves some of the silica-rich remains and redeposits them in layers around impurities in the sediment, ...
The continued existence of male killing elements in spite of the above losses suggest some other processes must be important in the dynamics of these micro- organisms. Examination of the evidence concerning such processes may allow insight into considerations of the adaptive nature of male killing. ...
Invasive species are non-native plants or animals that quickly colonize a local area and, often, an entire ecosystem. They destroy natural resources and harm native species, as they act as predators or competitors of those natural spec...
An important contributor to the differences between individuals derives from their plasticity. Such plasticity is widespread in organisms from the simple to the most complex. Adaptability plasticity enables the organism to cope with a novel challenge not
By representing music, imagery, voice, knowledge, friendship, status, money, and sex—the things people value most—they secured unlimited resources, forming complex metazoan organisms running on a multitude of individual processors the way a genome runs on a multitude of cells.” When peo...