Evolution

Evolution

Of or pertaining to the change in the genetic composition of a population during successive generations, as a result of natural selection acting on the genetic variation among individuals, and resulting in the development of new species.

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Evolution

Craig Nelson

Archaeology; Evolution

A professor of biology and environmental affairs at Indiana University in Bloomington. His research focuses on evolutionary ecology.

William McGinnis

Archaeology; Evolution

A professor of biology at the University of California, San Diego. Discover (with Mike Levine) of homeoboxes, the sequences of DNA that are characteristic of homeotic genes, which play a central role ...

nucleus

Archaeology; Evolution

A region of eukaryotic cells, enclosed within a membrane, containing the DNA.

symbiosis

Archaeology; Evolution

A relationship of mutual benefit between two organisms that live together.

genetic load

Archaeology; Evolution

A reduction in the average fitness of the members of a population because of the deleterious genes, or gene combinations, in the population. It has many particular forms, such as "mutational load," ...

Steven Pinker

Archaeology; Evolution

A psychologist and professor with a special interest in language, linguistic behavior, and cognitive science. Pinker's publications include the popular science books The Language Instinct and How the ...

Susan Blackmore

Archaeology; Evolution

A psychologist interested in memes and the theory of memetics, evolutionary theory, consciousness, the effects of meditation, and why people believe in the paranormal. A recent book, The Meme ...