PDF-(DOWNLOAD)-Natural Selection and Social Theory: Selected Papers of Robert Trivers (Evolution

Robert Trivers is a pioneering figure in the field of sociobiology For Natural Selection and Social Theory he has selected eleven of his most influential papers including several classic papers from the early 1970s on the evolution of reciprocal altruism parentoffspring conflicts and asymmetry in sexual selection which helped to establish the centrality of sociobiology as well as some of his later work on deceit in signalling sex antagonistic genes and imprinting Trivers introduces each paper setting them in their contemporary context and critically evaluating them in the light of subsequent work and further developments The result is a unique portrait of the intellectual development of sociobiology with valuable insights for evolutionary biology anthropology and psychology. Kelly K. McCoy, Psy.D.. Neuropsychologist. War Related Illness and Injury Study Center. Washington, DC VA Medical Center. “Historically, it is often the physical manifestations of a brain disorder that are the first to be described in the scientific literature and to be clinically treated. Some decades later, the cognitive impairments are recognized. Yet, it is the emotional and behavioral changes that are the most significant barriers to effective functioning in family, in work, in school and in other settings.” (Judd, 1999). Evolution. Believed to be 4.5 billion years old. Thought to have had a very anaerobic atmosphere. Earliest organisms were able to survive primitive environments. Prokaryotes that resemble today’s bacteria. Testable Hypotheses. Use if…then… logic. Collect data . Reject the null hypothesis. Support the hypothesis. Devise another test, and another, and another!. Darwinian Theory. Evolutionary change is inevitable if:. A mechanism for change in populations.. Any change in the . inherited . traits within a population across generations. Individuals better adapted to their environment tend to survive and . produce more offspring. What is natural selection?. It’s the . process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring. . The . theory. of its action was first fully . explained . EARLY THEORIES OF EVOLUTION. DARWIN, WALLACE, & . THE ORIGIN. DARWIN’S THEORIES OF EVOLUTION. WHAT EVOLUTION IS NOT. MODERN SYNTHESIS. BIOGEOGRAPHY. SCHOOLS OF SYSTEMATICS. Early theories of natural history and classification treated living things as immutable and were . Human. Ethology. (50’s & 60’s). (Cultural . Anthropology). (Human) . Sociobiology. (70’s & 80’s). (Human). Socioecology. Evolutionary . Psychology. (90’s on). (Human) . Behavioral Ecology. Motivation. Most powerful mode of evolution. Explains observation of Descent with Modification. Nonrandom survivorship/reproduction of individuals based on particular features of their phenotype. . Any environmental agent may be the cause of natural selection. Evolutionary Ideas. A. lthough Darwin is given much credit for evolutionary theory, he was not the first person to come up with the idea.. Evolution is the change in a population over time.. The concept of evolution had been discussed for more than 100 years prior to Darwin’s theory.. A. Species overproduce offspring that may survive an environment.. B. There is little variation among members of a population.. C. Competition for resources, mates, and space among species leads to a struggle to survive.. Unit:09. Lesson: 01. Be prepared to share your response to the following:. Biological evolution happens at the __________ level, not the individual organism level.. All three definitions mention genetic changes or changes in allele frequency within a population from one generation to the next.. Early atmosphere, evidence, natural selection and disease agents influence natural selection. . Introduction . Evolution “ simple” definition: change over time. Evolution helps us to understand the history of life.. wallace. and was explained in book “ on the origin of species by means of Natural Selection . . Darwin put the theory based on his observations as he travelled round the world on the ship Beagle.. . The process by which organism change over time. Based on science, not opinion.. Darwin. :. Evolution is descent with modification. Evolution. :. changes through time. Species accumulate difference.