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2016
The core premises of Darwinian evolution are survival and reproduction (Darwin 1859); and biological organisms need energy to achieve these goals. All life requires capturing and allocating energy; however, this energy is limited and comes at a cost – organisms cannot expend unlimited resources, maximizing all life domains simultaneously.
Phillip S Kavanagh, Bianca L Kahl
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The core premises of Darwinian evolution are survival and reproduction (Darwin 1859); and biological organisms need energy to achieve these goals. All life requires capturing and allocating energy; however, this energy is limited and comes at a cost – organisms cannot expend unlimited resources, maximizing all life domains simultaneously.
Phillip S Kavanagh, Bianca L Kahl
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Life‐history theory and risky drinking
Addiction, 2002ABSTRACTAimsLife‐history theory, a major theory related to evolutionary biology and behavioral ecology, is applied to analyze patterns in alcohol abuse and dependence. The life‐history approach examines how intensity of reproductive competition affects the benefits and costs of risk‐taking, which are typically greater for young men than for women or ...
Elizabeth M, Hill, Krista, Chow
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Life-history theory explains childhood moral development
Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2014Infants understand harm and fairness in third-party situations and yet children require years of development before they apply this understanding to their own interactions with others. We suggest that the delay is explained by a life-history analysis of when behaving morally becomes beneficial.
Mark, Sheskin +3 more
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