Evolution, biologic — Biologic evolution was contrasted with cultural (social) evolution in 1968 by A.G. Motulsky who pointed out that biologic evolution is mediated by genes, shows a slow rate of change, employs random variation (mutations) and selection as agents of … Medical dictionary
Biologic Institute — The Biologic Institute is a tax exempt organization with offices in Redmond, Washington and laboratories in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. [Occasionally, the word for biological in foreign languages is mis translated into… … Wikipedia
Evolution — The continuing process of change, especially in reference to natural selection. Charles Darwin (1809 82) noted that successful species produce more offspring in each generation than are needed to replace the adults who die. Not all offspring… … Medical dictionary
atmosphere, evolution of — Introduction the development of Earth s (Earth) atmosphere across geologic time. The process by which the current atmosphere arose from earlier conditions is complex; however, evidence related to the evolution of Earth s atmosphere, though… … Universalium
culture — /kul cheuhr/, n., v., cultured, culturing. n. 1. the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc. 2. that which is excellent in the arts, manners,… … Universalium
Discovery Institute — Formation 1994 Legal status Non profit Headquarters Seattle, Washington, USA … Wikipedia
radiation — radiational, adj. /ray dee ay sheuhn/, n. 1. Physics. a. the process in which energy is emitted as particles or waves. b. the complete process in which energy is emitted by one body, transmitted through an intervening medium or space, and… … Universalium
History of evolutionary thought — This article is about the history of evolutionary thought in biology. For the history of evolutionary thought in the social sciences, see Sociocultural evolution. For the history of religious discussions, see History of the creation evolution… … Wikipedia
Nova express — by William S. Burroughs (1964) This third book in William S. Burroughs’s cut up trilogy of science fiction was written in the 1960s. In the first section, “Last Words,” the last words are ascribed by Burroughs to Hassan i Sabbah, the eighth… … Encyclopedia of Beat Literature
Dual inheritance theory — (DIT), also known as gene culture coevolution, was developed in the late 1970s and early 1980s to explain how human behavior is a product of two different and interacting evolutionary processes: genetic evolution and cultural evolution. DIT is a… … Wikipedia
