Evolutionary Psychology
Evolutionary psychology proposes that the human mind, like the human body, was shaped by natural selection, and that many features of thought and…
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Evolutionary psychology proposes that the human mind, like the human body, was shaped by natural selection, and that many features of thought and…
Punctuated equilibrium is a theory about the pace of evolution. It proposes that species tend to remain largely unchanged for long stretches of time,…
Antibiotic resistance is the ability of bacteria to survive the drugs designed to kill them. It is one of the most direct and observable examples of…
The modern synthesis is the theory, developed in the first half of the twentieth century, that united Charles Darwin's idea of evolution by natural…
The aquatic ape hypothesis is the controversial idea that human ancestors went through a phase of living partly in water, and that this shaped many…
Endosymbiotic theory explains the origin of the complex cells that make up plants, animals, fungi, and other higher organisms. It proposes that key…
Evolution by natural selection is the scientific theory that explains how the diversity of life arose and continues to change. It holds that…