Ignorance and arrogance: a pernicious combination
Jay R. Feierman, M.D., who moderates the ISHE’s human ethology yahoo group has again decided to publicly defame me. See for example: “I agree with […]
Month: February 2014
Stress-induced microRNA changes
on 2/27/14 at 3:25 pm I submitted this excerpt for posting to the ISHE’s human ethology yahoo group moderated by Jay R. Feierman. Re: MicroRNAs […]
The importance of smell for women
Sex differences in response to physical and social factors involved in human mate selection: The importance of smell for women Abstract: A survey study examining the […]
Pseudoscience and monogamy
Stupider With Monogamy by Carl Zimmer 2/27/14 Excerpt: “The evolution of learning remains a puzzle for scientists. A smart animal can learn how to find […]
Science at its best
2012 : WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE DEEP, ELEGANT, OR BEAUTIFUL EXPLANATION? Helen Fisher Biological Anthropologist, Rutgers University; Author, Why Him? Why Her? How to Find […]
Evolutionist or adaptationist?
Dobzhansky, T. (1973). Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution [link opens pdf]. The American Biology Teacher(March), 125–129. Dobzhansky begins, ‘‘There is, of course, […]
Nutrient-dependent cooperation vs cannibalism (video)
Contributions of VLDLR and LRP8 in the establishment of retinogeniculate projections reported as: Researchers find surprising relationships in brain signaling Excerpt: “…the glycoprotein Reelin is crucial to […]
Cannibalism and cooperation are not mutation-driven (videos)
Exchanges at the Frontier with Iain Couzin Excerpt: Iain Couzin specialises in collective animal behaviour, a phenomenon that encompasses flocking birds, shoaling fish and swarming locusts. […]
Transubstantiated? Biological facts and biosocial dimensions
Body Society. 2014; 20:111-132. Consuming the Lama: Transformations of Tibetan Buddhist Bodies by Tanya Maria Zivkovic Abstract: Tibetan understandings about the bodies of spiritual teachers or lamas challenge […]
Research blinds people to effects of a nutrient-poor environment in cave fish
Genetics of how and why fish swim in schools: Research sheds light on complex social behavior Excerpt: “The motivation to be social is common among […]