• The evolution of biological complexity is one important outcome of the process of evolution. Evolution has produced some remarkably complex organisms –...
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  • PMID 10991141. S2CID 13985096. Adami C, Ofria C, Collier TC (2000). "Evolution of biological complexity". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97 (9): 4463–8. arXiv:physics/0005074...
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  • Irreducible complexity (IC) is the argument that certain biological systems with multiple interacting parts would not function if one of the parts were...
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    trends in evolution have an absolute goal such as increasing biological complexity. Prominent historical figures who have championed some form of evolutionary...
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    provided as an overview of and topical guide to evolution: In biology, evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological organisms over generations...
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    Rare Earth hypothesis (category Origin of life)
    the Rare Earth hypothesis argues that the origin of life and the evolution of biological complexity, such as sexually reproducing, multicellular organisms...
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  • of the human body Evolution of biological complexity Evolutionary biology Gaia hypothesis Hierarchy theory Holon (philosophy) Human ecology Level of analysis...
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    argue that the conditions needed for the evolution of life—or at least the evolution of biological complexity—are rare or even unique to Earth. Under this...
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  • very unusual about the evolution of the Solar System, Earth's history, the evolution of biological complexity, human evolution, or any one nation. It...
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    selection. Adaptive evolution in the human genome Coalescent theory Evolution of biological complexity Masatoshi Nei Molecular evolution Tomoko Ohta Unified...
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  • Collier, Travis (2000). "Evolution of biological complexity". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 97 (9): 4463–8...
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  • apparent trend towards the evolution of biological complexity, there is a question as to whether this appearance of increased complexity is real, or whether...
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  • ; Ofria, C.; Collier, T. C. (2000). "Evolution of biological complexity". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 97 (9): 4463–4468. arXiv:physics/0005074...
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    argument – Postulation about the act of dreaming Evolution of biological complexity Heat death of the universe – Possible fate of the universe Heat death paradox –...
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  • To make a case for or against a trend in the evolution of complexity in biological evolution, complexity must be both rigorously defined and measurable...
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  • Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny is a 1999 book by Robert Wright, in which the author argues that biological evolution and cultural evolution are shaped and...
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  • this approach to the evolution of biological complexity could be regarded as "rather anthropocentric". The initial advantages of multicellularity may...
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    Evolution is the change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. It occurs when evolutionary processes such...
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  • complexity Digital morphogenesis Dual-phase evolution Emergence Evolution of complexity Fractal Game complexity Holism in science Law of Complexity/Consciousness...
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    Evolutionary algorithms (EA) reproduce essential elements of biological evolution in a computer algorithm in order to solve "difficult" problems, at least...
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  • intelligent life (like the evolution of biological complexity from simple life on Earth) requires an exceptionally unlikely set of circumstances, and therefore...
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  • increasing complexity, but biologists studying the evolution of complexity find evidence of many examples of decreasing complexity in the record of evolution. The...
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  • mechanisms of evolution. Finally there is human evolution and the rise of thought or cognition (Vernadsky, Teilhard), and a further leap in complexity and the...
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    increase the complexity of a society or culture, sociocultural evolution also considers process that can lead to decreases in complexity (degeneration)...
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  • arises from the lack of correlation between the number of protein-coding genes among eukaryotes and their relative biological complexity. The microscopic...
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    tape of instructions conceptualizes and formalizes i) self-replication, and ii) open-ended evolution, or growth of complexity observed in biological organisms...
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  • Jupiter barrier (category Dynamics of the Solar System)
    all life on a planet, the protection of the Jupiter barrier may have supported the evolution of biological complexity on Earth. Jupiter trojan Late Heavy...
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  • Gell-Mann, M. (1995). What is Complexity? Complexity 1/1, 16-19 Dorogovtsev, S.N.; Mendes, J.F.F. (2003). Evolution of Networks. Vol. 51. p. 1079....
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    The evolution of cetaceans is thought to have begun in the Indian subcontinent from even-toed ungulates (Artiodactyla) 50 million years ago (mya) and to...
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  • consideration of the problem of progress in evolutionary history, a middle road that encompasses both contingent and convergent features of biological evolution may...
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