natural selection
Oxford Scientists Make a More Accurate Prediction of What Aliens Look Like
Astrobiologists took a novel view and used evolutionary processes as their guide.
AI Is Evolving in a Way That Could Be Hard to Stop
AI is capable of self-reproduction—should humans be worried?
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The climate your ancestors came from shaped your nose
Knowing the details of genetic variance may help improve personalized medicine.
The Real Story of What Got Us to the Top of the Food Chain
Natural "narrative selection" was key to turning insignificant apes (who had tools for 2 million years) into the species that now dominates the bio-sphere.
Memes 101: How Cultural Evolution Works
We are what we are because of genes; we are who we are because of memes. Philosopher Daniel Dennett muses on an idea put forward by Richard Dawkins in 1976.
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Icelandic Study Suggests That Maybe We Are Getting Dumber
A new genetic study sees us getting gently stupider over time.
C-Sections May be Altering the Course of Human Evolution
In some countries at least, the “obstetrical dilemma” has been solved by modern medicine.