A cooperative effect with significance in biological evolution

2005 ◽  
pp. 350-352
Author(s):  
J. Wagensberg
Keyword(s):  
Biological Evolution ◽  
Cooperative Effect

The Tempo and mode(S) of Prebiotic Evolution

1997 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
pp. 419-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Lazcano
Keyword(s):  
Origin Of Life ◽  
Organic Compounds ◽  
Biological Evolution ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Early Diversification ◽  
Time Period ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
History Of ◽  
Widespread Phenomenon ◽  
The Origin Of Life

AbstractDifferent current ideas on the origin of life are critically examined. Comparison of the now fashionable FeS/H2S pyrite-based autotrophic theory of the origin of life with the heterotrophic viewpoint suggest that the later is still the most fertile explanation for the emergence of life. However, the theory of chemical evolution and heterotrophic origins of life requires major updating, which should include the abandonment of the idea that the appearance of life was a slow process involving billions of years. Stability of organic compounds and the genetics of bacteria suggest that the origin and early diversification of life took place in a time period of the order of 10 million years. Current evidence suggest that the abiotic synthesis of organic compounds may be a widespread phenomenon in the Galaxy and may have a deterministic nature. However, the history of the biosphere does not exhibits any obvious trend towards greater complexity or «higher» forms of life. Therefore, the role of contingency in biological evolution should not be understimated in the discussions of the possibilities of life in the Universe.

The essence of biological evolution

1984 ◽  
Vol 143 (7) ◽  
pp. 429 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.V. Vol'kenshtein
Keyword(s):  
Biological Evolution

The essence of biological evolution

1983 ◽  
Vol 141 (11) ◽  
pp. 546 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.V. Vol'kenshtein
Keyword(s):  
Biological Evolution

Life's OriginThe Beginnings of Biological Evolution

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.William Schopf
Keyword(s):  
Biological Evolution

Applying the Metaphor of Biological Evolution to Marketing Theory

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas E. Vass
Keyword(s):  
Biological Evolution ◽  
Marketing Theory

Miscibility and Crosslinking of Polybutadiene-Based Polyurethanes

2000 ◽  
Vol 65 (11) ◽  
pp. 1820-1832
Author(s):  
Miloslav Pekař ◽  
Pavel Kopecký
Keyword(s):  
Phase Structure ◽  
Initial Mixture ◽  
Cooperative Effect ◽  
Final Phase ◽  
Elastic Part ◽  
Hard Segments

Rheokinetics of polybutadiene-based polyurethanes was studied. Sixteen mixtures differing in the miscibility of reactive components and hard segments contents were prepared. Regardless of the miscibility of the components, the rheokinetics behaviour is qualitatively very similar. The viscous response part is formed and finished much earlier than the elastic part. The quantitative dissimilarities, caused by cooperative effect of miscibility and differences in reactivity, are described. Using a well miscible initial mixture need not give the best results as a reactive crosslinker can easily react with isocyanate and separate from the rest of the reaction mixture thus impairing the final phase structure.

Randomness and Complexity

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven E. Vigdor
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Natural Selection ◽  
Rna World ◽  
Biological Evolution ◽  
Variable Theory ◽  
Cosmological Natural Selection ◽  
Einstein Podolsky Rosen ◽  
World Hypothesis ◽  
Rna World Hypothesis

Chapter 7 describes the fundamental role of randomness in quantum mechanics, in generating the first biomolecules, and in biological evolution. Experiments testing the Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen paradox have demonstrated, via Bell’s inequalities, that no local hidden variable theory can provide a viable alternative to quantum mechanics, with its fundamental randomness built in. Randomness presumably plays an equally important role in the chemical assembly of a wide array of polymer molecules to be sampled for their ability to store genetic information and self-replicate, fueling the sort of abiogenesis assumed in the RNA world hypothesis of life’s beginnings. Evidence for random mutations in biological evolution, microevolution of both bacteria and antibodies and macroevolution of the species, is briefly reviewed. The importance of natural selection in guiding the adaptation of species to changing environments is emphasized. A speculative role of cosmological natural selection for black-hole fecundity in the evolution of universes is discussed.

scholarly journals Information about Human Evolution: An Analysis of News Published in Communication Media in Spanish between 2015 and 2017

Publications ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 28
Author(s):  
Jon Ander Garibi ◽  
Alvaro Antón ◽  
José Domingo Villarroel
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Human Evolution ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Biological Evolution ◽  
Knowledge Dissemination ◽  
Communication Media ◽  
Theory Of Evolution ◽  
Scientific Journalism

The present study examines a sample of 220 pieces of news related to human evolution, written in Spanish and published over a period of two years, both in digital and print media. The aim of this study is to assess the rigor and coherence of the information in the news in our sample with scientific knowledge on the theory of evolution. To this end, errors and the incorrect use of concepts related to biological evolution are identified, classified according to criteria resulting from the review of previous studies, and finally, the frequency of errors identified in news published in print media is compared with that identified in digital media. The results presented allow us to highlight the significantly high frequency of errors in the news analyzed and the most frequent error categories. Results are discussed within the frame of the important role that scientific journalism plays in the processes of knowledge dissemination, in this case, related to human evolution.

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