Adaptation by Elisabeth Lloyd
Natural selection causes adaptation, the fit between an organism and its environment. For example, the white and grey coloration of snowy owls living and breeding around the Arctic Circle provides camouflage from both predators and prey. In this Element, we explore a variety of such outcomes of the evolutionary process, including both adaptations and alternatives to adaptations, such as nonadaptive traits inherited from ancestors. We also explore how the concept of adaptation is used in evolutionary psychology and in animal behavior, and the adequacy of methods used to confirm evolutionary accounts of human traits and behaviors.-
Slime Mould and Philosophy
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The Metaphysics of Biology
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Biological Organization
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Structure and Function
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Temporal Cognition in Animals
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Organic Progress and Evolutionary Theory
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Health and Disease
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Explanation in Biology
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Controlled Experiments
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Stem Cells
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Modelling Evolution
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Inclusive Fitness and Kin Selection
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The Darwinian Revolution
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Facts, Conventions, and the Levels of Selection
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The Challenge of Evolution to Religion
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Biology and Medical Theory
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The Causal Structure of Natural Selection
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Model Organisms
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The Role of Mathematics in Evolutionary Theory
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What Is Life? Revisited
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Evolution, Morality and the Fabric of Society
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The Scope of Evolutionary Thinking
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Ecological Models
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Paleoaesthetics and the Practice of Paleontology
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Human Cognitive Diversity
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The Organism
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Biological Individuality
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Games in the Philosophy of Biology
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Social Darwinism
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Philosophy of Developmental Biology
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Philosophy of Immunology
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| ISBN 13 | 9781108727549 |
| ISBN 10 | 1108727549 |
| Title | Adaptation |
| Author | Elisabeth Lloyd |
| Series | Elements In The Philosophy Of Biology |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2021-05-27 |
| Number of pages | 90 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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