Dr Sally Street
…context of vertebrate evolution. She typically investigates such questions using phylogenetic comparative statistical methods, which model how characteristics of species or populations have evolved across large temporal and spatial scales….
read moreDoes evolution go where plasticity leads? New paper by Radersma et al. in Evo Letters.
…In a new paper in Evolution Letters, we show one way to tackle the problem. We figured that we can look for signatures of plasticity by comparing the magnitude and…
read moreProf Erik Svensson
…using phylogenetic comparative methods as well as developing theory and using modelling tools. The group is theory-oriented and their research aims to answer basic and fundamental questions in ecology, evolution…
read moreThe Social Synapse: Neuroscience and the Roots of Human Connections
…Kevin Laland, University of St Andrews Kevin Ochsner, Columbia University Dietrich Stout, Emory University World Science Festival 2017 panel session 2 June 2017, New York, USA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EWVHqmIT50…
read moreJoseph Henrich on Cultural Evolution, WEIRD Societies, and Life Among Two Strange Tribes
…Tyler’ interview, Mercatus Center, George Mason University 8 December 2016, Virginia, USA Listen to the audio on Soundcloud Read the full transcript at Conversations with Tyler https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRUyfW0ECNg…
read moreThe extended evolutionary synthesis: an epigenetic perspective
…of History and Philosophy of Science, Pittsburgh University 20 January 2017, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Video with indexing and slides can be view on My Pitt Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isAJIVkcmDY…
read moreFrom pleistocene to anthropocene: why humans transformed earth and climate
Erle Ellis, University of Maryland Guest lecture, Environmental Humanities Center, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 8 May 2017, Amsterdam, The Netherlands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R8YXYWYSeM…
read moreOngoing prospects for a unified science of cultural evolution
Alex Mesoudi, University of Exeter Arthur M Sackler Colloquium: The Extension of Biology Through Culture 15-17 November 2016, Irvine, California, USA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8odzOGK-8hE…
read moreGene-culture coevolution in whales and dolphins
Hal Whitehead, Dalhousie University Arthur M Sackler Colloquium: The Extension of Biology Through Culture 15-17 November 2016, Irvine, California, USA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVV77r4mcKc…
read moreWhat evolves in the evolution of social learning? A social insect perspective
Elli Leadbeater, Royal Holloway University of London Arthur M Sackler Colloquium: The Extension of Biology Through Culture 15-17 November 2016, Irvine, California, USA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3rhsmXwyjc…
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