Technological evolution

Darwin derived the concept of the struggle for existence in part from Malthus's essay. He believed that creatures less fit for their environment would tend to die off. This would be called the struggle for existence. Some people thought that nature was a balanced system, but Darwin saw it as a mechanism. He believed the creatures that were best adapted would survive. Although Darwin agreed with Malthus on the struggle of individuals, he differed in opinion on Malthus's idea of the increase…

Through some research, I found that he is best known for one his evolution paper, called Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution. Dobzhansky states in the article his three predictions that have been disproven in the following years after its publication. These guesses include that Darwin’s theory of the tree of life will be confirmed through genetics, that biological science discoveries would focus on evolution-based work…

human nature pinpoints economic class and societal drives as the basis of human nature. Charles Darwin held a different view on human nature. He asserted that human nature is determined by behaviors that were selected for through the process of evolution. According to this theory,…

Natural and Unnatural Causes of Wildlife Endangerment and Extinction Animal extinction is a huge epidemic that is happening faster than we ever expected. Endangered species are dying off left and right due to natural and unnatural causes. Things like poaching and global warming are constantly effecting our environment and changing the way species are living every day. All humans have a responsibility to take care of our environment, which, in turn, will help protect our species and others as…

Earth’s biodiversity is been around for eons, one of the key factors why it have existed that long, is because of evolution and extinction. It is the nature’s way to continually adapt to the fast changing environment, though extinction is the “end of the line” of all living species; it is the key to the survival of the future generation species. But with humans around premature extinction will be a problem due to our selfishness and loss of respect to our environment. With humans also known as…

The notion of evolution, as described by both Lamarck and Darwin in the 1800’s, had such an impact on intellectual life that it has changed the way we study the human mind today. Darwin’s (1859) theory is still widely accepted as what we know as the theory of natural selection, and provides a structure for examining human behaviour. He saw the future of psychology as “based on a new foundation”, and evolutionary psychology is now still emerging and developing. Darwinian evolution means we can…

Keith Stanovich’s The Robot’s Rebellion delves deep into the world of evolutionary psychology, stating how modern society is stuck in a technologically run programme of sorts where we are all but robots stuck in a world revolved around our most primal cognitive abilities. In the introductory pages of this novel, Stanovich draws our attention to four notable theorists, among them, philosopher Daniel Dennett who refers to the implications that modern evolutionary theory will have on the…

microorganisms in agriculture and food (Xu, 2010). Further, population evolution is a vital factor in devising important strategies for the protection, conservation and even maintenance of enhanced utilization of useful microbes. If this does not happen, populations would barely attain their biotic potential as there would be significant limiting factors. Also, population genetics provides the basis for tracking the evolution and origin of antibiotic resistance and that of infectious deadly…

Emergence of the idea of Evolution The Webster’s dictionary definition of evolution is stated as the historical development of a biological group. Due to advancements in scientific thinking and ideas from different ancient cultures such as the Arabs, Indians, and Chinese, notions of biological evolution were able to be cultivated long before prominent naturalist, Charles Darwin was even born. Precursors to the development of the theory of evolution were largely important for naturalists to…

revolutionary he was during the 19th century. With no comprehension of advanced genetics, Darwin figured out how to concoct the thought of acquired characteristics and the transformation of these attributes after some time. Charles Darwin theory of evolution was one of the most significant topics to change and impact the world of science, unfortunately, it didn’t come without ramifications. In 1831, Charles Darwin set sails for a five year voyage, which he would spend all of this time studying…