❌ Ditto · @thegreybeardofthetree
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Anand Mallaya · @anandmallaya
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Unbelievably, the whales evolved from land based animals like modern mouse deers!

#biology #evolution

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Ben Waber · @bwaber
705 followers · 2754 posts · Server hci.social

Next was a short talk by Penny Spikins on the challenges of studying the of human cognition youtube.com/watch?v=wwXC8suBuq (4/13)

#evolution #anthropology

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TrueInfections · @trueinfections
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chicago aaron (he/him) · @chicagoaaron
76 followers · 121 posts · Server super-gay.co

AI killed the video star.

#revolution #evolution

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Claude Trudel · @cltr
158 followers · 1128 posts · Server jasette.facil.services

Explorer l’Arbre de la vie (Kew) : 10 699 spécimens d'angiospermes provenant de 64 ordres, 413 familles, 8 336 genres et 10 377 espèces
treeoflife.kew.org/

#botanique #science #biologie #angiospermes #kew #vegetation #evolution #plantes

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Luis M. Rocha · @lmrocha
202 followers · 335 posts · Server qoto.org

I am fascinated by the recent evidence showing that Polyplody may grant evolutionary advantages in the presence of drastic fitness changes (e.g. cataclysms):
science.org/content/article/ce.

One option is that extra chromosomes may increase connectivity of gene regulatory networks--- fascinating work from van de Peer on that note: doi.org/10.1101/2023.04.28.538, doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0.

The results are similar to ours a long time ago with RNA Editing , where we experimented with drastic fitness changes (simulated cataclysms) and emergence of memory: doi.org/10.1162/evco.2007.15.3, doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-7491.

RNA Editing, we started arguing long ago, also adds additional regulatory variety and proves advantageous in drastic fitness changes---though RNA editing works by adding more variants, not greater number of regulatory possibilities (network connectivity) as it is hypothesized for polyploidy. Maybe this explains why the latter is maladaptive in stable fitness landscapes, whereas RNA Editing often isn't?

#evolution #evolutionarysystems #Polyploidy #fitness #GenomeComplexity #Gemome

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PhyloPic · @phylopic
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Keesey Comics · @keeseycomics
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You can now get @phylopic posters and Pocket Phylogenies as reward add-ons for backing the PALEOCENE #4 campaign! kickstarter.com/projects/keese

#sciart #paleoart #scicomm #evolution #evolutionarybiology

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Mary Fesenko · @MAFesenko
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Here’s me getting excited to be walking among so many extant relatives of the ancient giant ferns in the “jungle” of the Lost Gardens of Heligan. It was such a cool place to visit!

#plantlover #plantbiology #evolution

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Answers in Reason · @AnswersInReason
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CellBioNews · @cellbionews
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CellBioNews · @cellbionews
113 followers · 1842 posts · Server scientificnetwork.de

How did first evolve into all different and sizes? We mapped a billion years of plant history to find out.

phys.org/news/2023-09-evolve-s

#plants #shapes #evolution #genomics

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Ben Waber · @bwaber
704 followers · 2744 posts · Server hci.social

Next was a short talk by Penny Spikins on the of . This is an amazing examination of why autism likely evolved and the advantages it confers on groups. Highly recommend youtube.com/watch?v=vb3x_ZzZTb (6/11)

#evolution #autism #anthropology

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Jules Kiely · @Palaeojules
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Jason Kautz :sfgiantshat: · @woodrat
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Maybe you're no different than those that came before you but the environment has changed; hence, your ailment

#industrialrevolution #evolution

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Keesey Comics · @keeseycomics
191 followers · 100 posts · Server sauropods.win

Only 11 days left to back the new issue (#4) of PALEOCENE! Find out how our tiny primate ancestors survived after the asteroid hit 66 million years ago. kickstarter.com/projects/keese

#paleoart #paleofiction #comic #comics #comicbooks #comicbook #paleontology #evolution #evolutionarybiology

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ISEP · @isep
66 followers · 31 posts · Server mstdn.science

New ! Molecular phylogenetics of sessile Dolium sedentarium, a petalomonad euglenid onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/fu

#iseppapers #protists #microbes #phylogeny #evolution

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Yewi · @yewi
180 followers · 109 posts · Server mastodon.scot

Corn/Maize hybridization:

Maize🌽 has interesting genetic features called transposon ('moving DNA') and xenia (:direct effect of pollination to the fruit) to produce divergent colors.

In a word, fun!😆




#japan #asia #jewels #art #fun #pigments #evolution #farming #genetics #colors #diversity #gardening

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Jason Kautz :sfgiantshat: · @woodrat
37 followers · 653 posts · Server sfba.social

@squig i consider them and any narrative to be a solution to social scale. i think commonalities amongst narratives are interestingly acute data points that both explain how we got to our present place but also why, over the course of our , some societies "obsoleted" others because of cultural efficiences ...which leaves us in a rather terrifying place today insofar as biodiversity or lack thereof

#existential #evolution

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