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1Evolutionary ethics — concerns approaches to ethics (morality) based on the role of evolution in shaping human psychology and behavior. Such approaches may be based in scientific fields such as evolutionary psychology or sociobiology, with a focus on understanding and …
2Evolutionary developmental biology — (evolution of development or informally, evo devo) is a field of biology that compares the developmental processes of different animals and plants in an attempt to determine the ancestral relationship between organisms and how developmental… …
3Evolutionary linguistics — is the scientific study of the origins and development of language. The main challenge in this research is the lack of empirical data: spoken language leaves no traces. This led to an abandonment of the field for more than a century [for about 12 …
4Evolutionary invasion analysis — Evolutionary invasion analysis, also known as adaptive dynamics, is a set of techniques for studying long term phenotypical evolution developed during the 1990s. It incorporates the concept of frequency dependence from game theory but allows for… …
5Evolutionary neuropathology — is an approach to understanding neurological and neurodegenerative diseases in terms of adaptation to environment, natural history and evolutionary medicine. Conceptually, it overlaps with a number of areas in theoretical biology, such as… …
6Evolutionary theory and the political left — have had a sometimes wary relationship with one another. Some on the political left, especially Marxists and communists, have been critical of aspects of the theory of evolution by natural selection (Darwinism). Some of this opposition appears… …
7Evolutionary programming — is one of the four major evolutionary algorithm paradigms. It was first used by Lawrence J. Fogel in 1960 in order to use simulated evolution as a learning process aiming to generate artificial intelligence. Fogel used finite state machines as… …
8Evolutionary origin of religions — Neolithic Potnia Theron type goddess, seated on a throne flanked by two lionesses, from Çatalhöyük. The evolutionary origin of religions theorizes about the emergence of religious behavior during the course of human evolution. Contents …
9Evolutionary history of plants — Plants have evolved through increasing levels of complexity, from the earliest algal mats, through bryophytes, lycopods, ferns and gymnosperms to the complex angiosperms of today. While the simple plants continue to thrive, especially in the… …
10Order of the Star in the East — The Order of the Star in the East (OSE) was an organization established by the leadership of the Theosophical Society at Adyar, India, from 1911 to 1927. Its mission was to prepare the world for the expected arrival of a messianic entity, the so… …
