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Month: January 2024

Learning and the Evolution of Learned Responses in Phenotypes.

Learning and the Evolution of Learned Responses in Phenotypes.

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Specific genes determine for example whether a species of fruit flies will fly up or downward when threatened by a predator, the laying of eggs, by a wasp in a particular kind of of caterpillar; the mating rituals of fish, the web building of spiders; the specialized behaviours of insects castes and countless other drives and instincts characteristic of animal species. It is important to understand how patterns of behaviour get established. Neo-Darwinian theory and Synthesis of genes are for…

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Neo Darwinian Theory and Synthesis of Genome Findings.

Neo Darwinian Theory and Synthesis of Genome Findings.

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The kind of research that you do as a scientist and the kinds of conclusions you come to are greatly influenced by the basic assumptions you make about the causes of evolution. Basic assumptions made by different disciplines or theoretical persuasions are called research strategies or paradigms. Emic and Etic conclusions can come to different conclusions. Emic perspectives refers to internal elements of the research and their functioning rather than in terms of the external framework. For example what results…

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All Humans Born are Created Equal?

All Humans Born are Created Equal?

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George Washington stated in the 1800’s “that all men are created equal.” George Washington wanted “Emancipation” to go through in the 1800’s. If in the 1800’s he wanted Emancipation, why in 2024, are we still slaves to our Economy, our governments, our bosses and in many cases our husbands. A woman’s perspective that has seen 5 generations of women be without treatment of worthiness. It is a firm, sound, fact that theories vs behaviours are extremely complex. From my perspective,…

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What are Societies, Cultures and En-culturation, and Cross Generational Continuity

What are Societies, Cultures and En-culturation, and Cross Generational Continuity

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I wanted to give a rebuttal to some ideas on Societies, Cultures and en-culturation, from the real terms of what Societies are, what Cultures are and what en-culturation is. When anthropologists speak of cultures they do not mean the literary and artistic achievements and standards of “cultured” elites.   For anthropologists plumbers and farmers are as cultured as art collectors and concert goers, and studying the ordinary people is just as important as studying the lives of famous and influential…

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