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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Complex adaptive system (redirect from Complexity Science)
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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Orthogenesis (redirect from Biological periodicity)
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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Fermi paradox (section Chain of reasoning)
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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Mediocrity principle (redirect from Principle of mediocrity)
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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Boltzmann brain (redirect from Formation of a Boltzmann brain)
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 algorithm (redirect from Artificial evolution)
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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Devolution (biology) (redirect from Biological devolution)
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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G-value paradox (section DNA and biological complexity)
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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Von Neumann universal constructor (redirect from Theory of Self-Reproducing Automata)
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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Complex system (redirect from Complexity science)
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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