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Life History Theory and the Industrial Revolution
Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2019Abstract The most general theory of life history evolution, that of r versus K selection, implies that innovation in the form of plasticity is more likely to be adaptive under poor rather than good resource conditions, the opposite of how Baumard has it.
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Life History Theory and economic modernity
Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2019Abstract Baumard's new explanation of the Industrial Revolution shows that Life History Theory holds great potential. Here, I suggest two related hypotheses for examination. One is that there are long-term roots of slow life traits and preferences.
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Life History Theory Applied to Plants
2023Abstract Life history theory assumes that natural selection optimizes fitness and that trade-offs among fitness components constrain the possible combinations of life history traits. Types II and III survivorship curves are the most common curves in plants, indicating that rates of survival and reproduction do not inevitably decline with
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The history of Ervin Bauer's publications on the theory of life
BioSystemsErvin Bauer (1890-1938) made historical contributions to contemporary biology, provided a new definition of life, defined the contents of theoretical biology. He worked in different countries, perturbed by deep historical events. These historical events necessarily impacted his fate and finally led to the violent loss of his life and the life of his ...
Miklós, Müller, Gábor, Elek
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Integrating life-history theory and metabolic theory
2019Life-history theory and metabolic theory offer powerful tools for understanding processes driving phenotypic variance, yet traditionally these fields have done so independently of the other. This thesis provides some of the first steps towards integrating two fundamental fields in ecology: life-history theory and metabolic theory.
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Life History Theory: An Overview in Abstract
2018Bound together by virtue of their shared mission to explain human nature and society, the social sciences have unity of purpose even as they have no meta-theory; there exists no foundation from which variables can be connected, causally sequenced, or ultimately explained.
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Life history theory and evolutionary anthropology
Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews, 1993AbstractLife‐history theory has been developed in biology to explain the variation in timing of fertility, growth, developmental rates, and death of living organisms, as well as events directly tied to these parameters. The theory is useful in explaining variations in age‐specific human fertility and mortality patterns, as well as understanding how the
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An Experimental Analysis of a Life History Theory
Ecology, 1984r— and K—selection were applied to bacterial populations for up to 400 generations in the form of density—independent or density—dependent population controls in both batch and semi—continuous culture. Shifting ratios of competitively neutral genetic markers signaled the adaptation of bacterial strains to selection.
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Attachment and Life History Theory: A Rejoinder
Child Development Perspectives, 2010Abstract— derive several provocative hypotheses from the application of life history theory to attachment, especially concerning the emergence of sex differences in insecurity in middle childhood. This commentary highlights the significant gaps in research knowledge that must be addressed before the merits of ...
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