Kin selection

“Evolution, of course, is not something that simply applies to life here on Earth, It applies to the whole universe.” ~ by John Polkinghorne Evolution is an improvement of Earth through its birth. If humans were around we each would have witnessed the birth and death of the mountain ranges, and the ice ages that comes and goes like the storms we have today. Evolution is the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms…

In Search of Nature by E.O. Wilson contains a chapter titled "Altruism and Aggression," in which the author examines the social behaviors of altruism and aggression. Wilson takes care to address and refute the claim that there exists within humans an inherent instinct to display hostility. Wilson presents aggression as antithetical to altruism, an inherent component of human nature, and therefore contends that antagonism is not intuitive but acquired; humans are taught to be aggressive by their…

development of new devices, the formation of new species, the progressive development of wildlife. Natural selection is the only factor that is acting in a heterogeneous population, directs the evolutionary process. According to Charles Darwin the premise of natural selection is the struggle for existence. From a modern point of view, through the struggle for existence, the mechanism of natural selection is carried out. The species is the basic structural unit of wildlife. It arises, develops,…

While Chardin and Leroi-Gourhan provide novel accounts of humanity’s development from its primitive state, Lévi-Strauss avoids privileging a narrative of humankind’s progression from primitivism; instead, he is interested in the study of the primitive as a lens through which to view the world. However, all three authors agree that humankind’s progress into the near future will be accompanied by significant transformations in the very nature of humanity, for better or for worse. In The Phenomenon…

Scientists have claimed that mutation and evolution has saved the lives of many Hawaii crickets. Let's be honest, Evolution is a very controversial subject. Many people believe it, and many people do not believe it. However, let us take a look at how some scientist say the lives of Hawaii crickets were saved because of it. WHAT MUTATION IS Basically, a mutation is a natural process that changed the sequence of DNA. They can effect several aspects in genes. They can alter the products of the…

Around the world, a theory of evolution by natural selection is supported by many scientists. Charles Darwin was one of the scientists who have create the most famous theory of natural selection. The theory of evolution by natural selection says that animals change in each generation because of natural selection. Natural selection is when animals can survive more easily because of their features, such as, colour, ear shape, and digestion. Over time, the animals that can survive are the ones that…

Common choice is the differential survival and propagation of people because of contrasts in phenotype. It is a key instrument of development, the change in heritable qualities of a populace after some time. Charles Darwin promoted the expression "regular determination", and contrasted it and manufactured choice. Variety exists inside all populaces of living beings. This happens mostly on the grounds that arbitrary transformations emerge in the genome of an individual living being, and…

Ultimately, the arrival of the theory of evolution displaced the need to invoke God to explain the order of the natural world. The early design arguments took the order and complexity of biological systems such as the eye and beseeched God as an explanation of them. The theory of evolution can now explain how simple organisms developed into the complex beings that we see around us, and obviously are ourselves. It may be, then, that these arguments from design are no longer compelling. C)…

a set fact, but a hypothesis supported by a large amount of evidence, and is widely accepted. But there are still many who oppose it with their substitute being Intelligent Design. Evolution is the theory that traits are selected through natural selection, and that the more successful individuals will have more offspring and pass their unique trait down. The idea of Intelligent Design is that all species were created by an intelligent being, be it a god or extra-terrestrials. Both…

There is a a lot of evidence that backs up the theory of evolution. There are different categories that has hard evidence that the theory of evolution is true. Some people believe differently because of religions. Even though there is hard evidence, it is still not for certain if the theory is true. There are different theories on living evolution that make sense and are interesting. One category that backs up the evolution theory is some of nature's patterns. Some of nature's patterns are…