Sociocultural evolution

Euthanasia, Free Will, and Compassion Tenzin Gyatso, the fourteenth Dalai Lama and the leader of the Central Tibetan Administration, in his book The Universe is a Single Atom (2005), tried to reconcile religion with science. He claims that religion and science are parts of the same path to ultimate truth. According to him, we must make an attempt to build a bridge and fill the gap between our different ways of thinking. Dalai Lama emphasizes that there are various potential benefits in the…

evolutionism create a controversy among experts? Evolutionism versus creationism are one of the most controversial topics in our modern world and because of that, there are several hypotheses about the origin of species, from the theory of evolution by Charles Darwin to the theory of the creator in the holy bible; these hypotheses can be view skeptically since there are a few areas of knowledge and ways of knowing that we can look at. Then, what are evolutionism and creationism?…

The theory of evolution has been argued over for many years. This theory states that all living things have a common ancestor and each living organism has adapted and evolved through natural selection. Many people disagree with this theory because they feel that the theory of evolution has removed God from his rightful place. These people who did not believe in evolution came up with creationism, which says the universe and living organisms were created by a celestial being rather than natural…

Rachel Carson, a biologist, was the founder of the modern environmentalism movement during the 1960’s and 70’s. This movement spread quickly throughout the United States. Carson is known today for publishing her very famous book Silent Spring. This book was published during such an important time in history and is significant to this day because it tells us a lot about the environment we live in today. Many people have been fascinated by her book and several other pieces of work. She has…

In the mid-1800s, Darwin and Wallace independently took careful observations of species near the South American content. And although both men were independently investigating, there are many overlaps in their observations and perspective in their respective papers – which focus on natural selection. The primary question of Darwin and Wallace’s papers were to investigate the nature of natural selection in various species and document the variation of characteristics amongst individuals in a…

Ammonites are an extinct marine mollusc animal. They are successful and unsuccessful over their duration of evolution. Their shells prove to be a successful part of their evolution because it gave them the ability to be protected from predators. Also, their shells helped them to travel around and expand for better survival. The asteroid is the unsuccessful part of their evolution, since it just completely obliterated the ammonite species as a whole . 6. The Biosphere 2 was significant in…

Being products of evolution, nearly all living things are, in essence, products of their environment. The environment influences which traits are successful and get passed on. Before long, those organisms are directly products of their environment. This phenomenon chiefly occurs when the environment holds all the power over the organism. When it comes to humans, however, we are social animals, we influence and are influenced by those around us. Because of this, humans are not solely products of…

Jonathan Jeschke discusses a rapidly growing scientific discipline known as the four general hypotheses in modern Invasion Ecology. Ecology is defined as the study of interactions between organisms and their natural habitat. Jeschke elaborates using different methods of hypothesis to disclose an unambiguous image of each ‘backbone of science’ as a whole and individually and the ways it is beneficial to us. However, the most important influential invasion hypothesis I believe is Biotic Resistance…

Cameron Ross 11 October 2017 Mr. Weeks UW 111 Grit- Book Review The uncertainty of the world is what makes it the breeding ground for scientific exploration and discovery. There a multitudes of questions, left unanswered, whether it be the creation of the universe, or the complex in workings known as the human brain. One of these great anomalies is the question, how do people become successful? There are numerous ways in which one might answer such a question, from personal belief to scientific…

The Difference in Frogs Humans are all under the same general specification of Homo sapiens, but they are all different from height all the way to thoughts. The same goes for any other types of species with the same universal name. Each are disparate like frogs for example. The term frog is a synonym to its more specific name: Amphibians. Both of these names are umbrella terms for these animals. Yet, there are many different varieties of frogs such as the Turtle Frog and the Clawed Frog.…