IOB Friday fresh ink
GoodFibes: An R Package for The Detection of #Muscle Fibers from #diceCT Scans
J H Arbour

https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obad030

"We hope that this will increase the number of comparative and #evolutionary studies incorporating these rich and functionally important #datasets.

If you spend enough time next to a rapidly flowing stream or river, you will notice that the sounds have a calming effect.

One hypothesis for this psychological effect is that water is a vital resource. Therefore, an animal that was attracted to the sound of flowing water was more probable to evolve than an animal that wasn't.

The evidence for this hypothesis is robust enough so as to suggest that it's a reasonable #evolutionary theory.

#psychology

If you spend enough time next to a rapidly flowing stream or river, you will notice that the sounds have a calming effect.

One hypothesis for this psychological effect is that water is a vital resource. Therefore, an animal that was attracted to the sound of flowing water was more probable to evolve that an animal that wasn't.

The evidence for this hypothesis is robust enough so as to suggest that it's a reasonable #evolutionary theory.

#psychology

If you spend enough time next to a rapidly flowing stream or river, you will notice that the sounds have a calming effect.

One hypothesis for this psychological effect is that water is a vital resource. Therefore, an animal that was attracted to the sound of flowing water was more probable to evolve that an animal that wasn't.

The evidence for this hypothesis is robust enough so as to suggest that it's a reasonable #evolutionary theory.

#psychology

As #ClimateChange reducers the amount of resources humanity has access to how will humanity in general respond? War or peace?

FYI, the Dissenter 817 isn't specifically about climate change. Although the evidence of anthropology is relevant.

The Dissenter: #817 Raymond Hames: #Hunting, #Mating Systems, #Warfare, and #Evolutionary £Anthropology

Episode webpage: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thedissenter/episodes/817-Raymond-Hames-Hunting--Mating-Systems--Warfare--and-Evolutionary-Anthropology-e26c030

Media file: https://anchor.fm/s/822ba20/podcast/play/72793632/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2023-5-29%2F5ee4c74f-b8a8-a77d-b6bf-55ef8f98cc0c.m4a

Warum wir krank werden. Lesenswerter Artikel aus dem #Areo Magazin

https://areomagazine.com/2023/08/23/why-do-we-get-sick-the-new-science-of-evolutionary-medicine/

#medicine #biology #evolutionary

#Cats Use This Trick To Manipulate Their #Humans — An #Evolutionary #Biologist Explains A Cat’s #Meow
https://www.inverse.com/science/cats-trick-manipulate-humans-evolutionary-biologist-explains-meow

When l was the gullible version of my less experienced self, before l studied the #science of #psychology, l used to naively believe that all l had to do was to explain to people that something was bad, & that knowledge would make people, in general, want to do better.

Now l understand that when people are doing harmful behaviours that makes them feel good, the evidence doesn't typically changes their behaviours, because the evidence makes them feel bad.

#evolutionary #maladapted #society

Hypothesis. Our ancestors evolved bipedalism as they developed tool use. Hard to prove, but, the hypothesis meets the requirements of an adaptation that would, does, increase reproductive outcomes.

Further reading https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils

#science #ToolUse #evolutionary #hypothesis
#hominoids
#paleontology

I had the pleasure of being the @PeerCommunityIn Ecology recommender for a handy “How to" #review #code for #ecologists and #evolutionary #biologists

by @EdIvimeyCook, @joelpick, Bairos-Novak, Culina, Gould, @DrMattG, @Ben_M_Marshall, Moreau, Paquet, Royauté, @ASanchez_Tojar, Silva, & Windecker

I'm looking forward to trying their tips! Particularly, these R functions/packages: identical, renv, set.seed

Article https://ecoevorxiv.org/repository/view/5393/

My recommendation + peer reviews https://doi.org/10.24072/pci.ecology.100541

@cneff OK, thanks!
Note the introduction: "we aim to make a tribute to early scientists (primarily earlier than #1970) who were ahead of their time by understanding the #evolutionary force of fire"
https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biad059/7238546

DevLog 007: Which feature to work on next?

In this session I will select what to work on next in my video editor by trying to use it to edit some footage and see where I get stuck.

I also touch on the subject of #evolutionary #design.

http://rickardlindberg.me/writing/devlog-007-which-feature-to-work-on-next/

#python #refactoring

New #ThemeIssue in #PhilosophicalTransactionsLondonB:

#Evolutionary #ecology of #inequality

"Institutionalized differences in #wealth and #power are pervasive in contemporary human societies, yet appear to have been minor or absent for most of the time our species has existed. Striking variation also exists across non-human animals in #resource #access and #distribution, which influences #development, #health, and #fertility"

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/2023/378/1883

@stux

Could be like the schism of the Southern Baptists...

Limiting federation with #ExtractiveSocialNetworks as a choice breaks the covenant and banishes the limiting servers. Allowing #actors to vote with their #resources by moving to servers that don't take extractive resources has a value equal to or greater than the choice of allowing federation with extractive social networks because the choice to move acts as an evolutionary force.

"Drinking" from the "sugar-water" of easy extractive-sourced money allows the #Ecosystem to develop a dependence on and organizing force around the sugar-water and quenches the #Evolutionary forces for creating the elements of an alternative #SocialEcosystems or #FederatedEcosystems that don't require "sugar-water" (#Extractive sources).

Thank you for sharing what is known so far.

From 13 Jun: 3D muscle reconstruction shows 3.2 million-year-old “Lucy” walked upright - 3D reconstruction of lower limb muscles of Australopithecus afarensis fossil AL 288-1... https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/06/3d-muscle-reconstruction-shows-3-2-million-year-old-lucy-walked-upright/ #ancient-hominins #biology #biomechanics #computational-modeling #evolutionary-biology #human-evolution #lucy-fossil #paleoanthropology #paleontology #science

#Molecular #fossils solve #evolutionary mystery
https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/molecular-fossils-solve-evolutionary-mystery/4017555.article

An #evolutionary history of the #human #brain, in 7 minutes
https://bigthink.com/the-well/the-evolution-of-the-human-brain/

#Evolutionary #biologists don't have a clue. Remember that #evolution is a #theory that is yet to be proven, no matter what anyone claims otherwise. A lot of the so-called #science is merely conjecture.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/05/world/homo-naledi-burials-carvings-scn/index.html

Iob

This just in issue!

#Syngnathoid #Evolutionary History and the Conundrum of #Fossil Misplacement

by C D Brownstein

https://academic.oup.com/iob/advance-article/doi/10.1093/iob/obad011/7152594

#seahorses #fish #biology #science
Image from world animal foundation

From 25 Apr: Has the “Tully monster” mystery finally been solved after 65 years? - Enlarge / Fossil of Tullimonstrum gregarium (“Tully’s common monster“). Its discovery in t... https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/04/has-the-tully-monster-mystery-finally-been-solved-after-75-years/ #biology #evolutionary-biology #fossils #paleobiology #paleontology #science #taxonomy #tully-monster