#naturalselection — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #naturalselection, aggregated by home.social.
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Why Can’t Humans Regrow Limbs? An Evolutionary Biologist Explains
Salamanders regrow entire limbs. We share their evolutionary blueprint. So why can’t humans do the same? The answer…
#NewsBeep #News #Science #Evolution #frog #GB #Howdoesregenerationwork #immunesystem #Immunology #larvalmetamorphosis #naturalselection #Regeneration #salamander #UK #UnitedKingdom #whycan'tweregrowlimbs
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/951124/ Why Can’t Humans Regrow Limbs? An Evolutionary Biologist Explains #evolution #frog #HowDoesRegenerationWork #ImmuneSystem #Immunology #LarvalMetamorphosis #NaturalSelection #Regeneration #salamander #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom #WhyCan'tWeRegrowLimbs
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How Humans Changed Fruit Forever
Explore the truth about your favorite fruits! How human intervention has led to the unnatural evolution of fruits like bananas, making them sweeter and easier to eat.
Follow @biohackingpathway for more
#FruitEvolution #BananaHistory #FoodScience #HumanIntervention #SupermarketScience #PodcastInterview #FoodFacts #NaturalSelection #wellnessblog #wellnesswins #wellnessmatters #holisticwellbeing #wellnessmama #wellnesscoaches #SweetFruits #UnexpectedScience
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A quotation from Robert Ingersoll
There are in nature neither rewards nor punishments — there are consequences.
Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
Essay (1881-08) “The Christian Religion,” “Is All of the Bible Inspired?” ch. 2, North American Review, Vol. 133, No. 297More about this quote: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertingersoll #robertgreeningersoll #consequences #God #morality #natural #naturalselection #nature #outcomes #punishment #results #reward #causeandeffect
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#Humans in #Andes Appear to Have Evolved Strange #Genetic Ability
For thousands of years, humans living high in the Argentinian Andes have relied on #drinkingwater that would make most people deathly ill, naturally occurring #arsenic in volcanic bedrock leaches into the groundwater, contaminating water with levels of toxic metalloid that would pose serious health risks.
But for one group in north #Argentina #naturalselection may have provided an unusual genetic advantage.
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Redheads are ‘spreading across the globe’ as humans are still evolving | World | News
Britain’s Prince Harry may have done more to boost the profile of redheads than he has for the…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #Evolution #GB #geneticvariants #humanevolution #naturalselection #Redheads #UK #UnitedKingdom #Variant
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15-Apr-2026
Massive #ancientDNA study reveals #naturalSelection has accelerated in recent human evolution
Hundreds of genes selected in West Eurasia since farming began, many linked to healthhttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1123959
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Of course, you need to be sensible when you're first starting out. Don't mess with #dangerous things. You don't start repairing hydraulic systems or mains-voltage gear or machines that can take your arm off if you sneeze wrong.
Start with simple stuff, and basic safety precautions.
You can try #electrical stuff, as long as you unplug it and short any big capacitors (large cylindrical things) it has, in case they don't have a bleed resistor on them.
Even better is to start with something that plugs in with an external low-voltage plugpack - it's much harder to kill yourself with a tower fan that runs from 24 VDC than one that runs directly off the mains.
Maybe do a brief web search on the device if you're not sure about it, just to see if there are warnings about working on it.
Surprising (in some sense) things to avoid working on:
Microwave oven. This is the object in your house that is trying hardest to kill you. High frequency, high-voltage AC will kill you dead if you get it across your body.
Old-fashioned CRT (TV/monitor) tubes. Very high voltages, and frequently hold a charge for a long time.
Gas-powered equipment. You can't "unplug" them, and there's always a chance there's enough gas hidden in the carburetor or the removed spark plug wire bumps into the plug that it could puff to life if you turn the crankshaft. One revolution is enough to maim or kill you.
Have fun!
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#danger #DangerWillRobinson #DIY #fixit #DarwinAward #NaturalSelection
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My review of two books about the evolution of maladaptation and human imperfection is now out as Early Alert in the journal Evolution @sse_evolution
Enjoy!
https://academic.oup.com/evolut/advance-article/doi/10.1093/evolut/qpag033/8503492
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/364179/ Study: Ancient Mating Preferences, Not Natural Selection, Helped Shape Human Genome #Chromosome #DNA #Éire #Evolution #Gene #Genome #Homo #HomoNeanderthalensis #HomoSapiens #Human #IE #interbreeding #Ireland #Mating #NaturalSelection #Neanderthal #Science #Sex #XChromosome
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“Darwin’s theory of #evolution by #naturalselection plays the role of #semantic #darkmatter in relation to the second law of #thermodynamics, reconciling the local, and perhaps even transiently global, increase in functional order in the face of #entropy increase” open.substack.com/pub/sfiscien...
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“Darwin’s theory of #evolution by #naturalselection plays the role of #semantic #darkmatter in relation to the second law of #thermodynamics, reconciling the local, and perhaps even transiently global, increase in functional order in the face of #entropy increase” open.substack.com/pub/sfiscien...
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“Darwin’s theory of #evolution by #naturalselection plays the role of #semantic #darkmatter in relation to the second law of #thermodynamics, reconciling the local, and perhaps even transiently global, increase in functional order in the face of #entropy increase” open.substack.com/pub/sfiscien...
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“Darwin’s theory of #evolution by #naturalselection plays the role of #semantic #darkmatter in relation to the second law of #thermodynamics, reconciling the local, and perhaps even transiently global, increase in functional order in the face of #entropy increase” open.substack.com/pub/sfiscien...
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“Darwin’s theory of #evolution by #naturalselection plays the role of #semantic #darkmatter in relation to the second law of #thermodynamics, reconciling the local, and perhaps even transiently global, increase in functional order in the face of #entropy increase” open.substack.com/pub/sfiscien...
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A quotation from Bill Watterson
CALVIN: Isn’t it strange that evolution would give us a sense of humor? When you think about it, it’s weird that we have a physiological response to absurdity. We laugh at nonsense. We like it. We think it’s funny. Don’t you think it’s odd that we appreciate absurdity? Why would we develop that way? How does it benefit us?
HOBBES: I suppose if we couldn’t laugh at things that don’t make sense, we couldn’t react to a lot of life.
CALVIN: (after a pause) I can’t tell if that’s funny or really scary.Bill Watterson (b. 1958) American cartoonist
Calvin and Hobbes (1991-03-03)More about this quote: wist.info/watterson-bill/81815…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #billwatterson #calvinandhobbes #absurdity #evolution #existence #humancondition #humannature #humor #incomprehensibility #laughter #life #makesense #naturalselection #nonsense #reality #senseofhumor
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In 1943, Luria and Delbrück showed that Darwin’s natural selection applies to bacteria just as it applies to more complex forms of life. #Poetry #Science #History #Genetics #Bacteria #Luria #Delbrück #Darwin #NaturalSelection #Evolution (https://sharpgiving.com/Sharp/thebookofscience/items/p1943a.html)
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Allen, die sich an #Silvester beim #Feuerwerk mit selbstgebastelten oder nicht zugelassenen, aus dem Ausland illegal importierten #Böllern verletzen, möchte ich, ganz unabhängig von irgendwelchen #Verboten, folgende Worte sagen:
Schlaua durch aua. (smarter by ouch)
#Silvester #Feuerwerksverbot #Böller #böllerverbot #böllerfrei
Bild: Böllerhände (hands after firework) #Karma #DarwinAward #NaturalSelection -
Allen, die sich an #Silvester beim #Feuerwerk mit selbstgebastelten oder nicht zugelassenen, aus dem Ausland illegal importierten #Böllern verletzen, möchte ich, ganz unabhängig von irgendwelchen #Verboten, folgende Worte sagen:
Schlaua durch aua. (smarter by ouch)
#Silvester #Feuerwerksverbot #Böller #böllerverbot #böllerfrei
Bild: Böllerhände (hands after firework) #Karma #DarwinAward #NaturalSelection -
Allen, die sich an #Silvester beim #Feuerwerk mit selbstgebastelten oder nicht zugelassenen, aus dem Ausland illegal importierten #Böllern verletzen, möchte ich, ganz unabhängig von irgendwelchen #Verboten, folgende Worte sagen:
Schlaua durch aua. (smarter by ouch)
#Silvester #Feuerwerksverbot #Böller #böllerverbot #böllerfrei
Bild: Böllerhände (hands after firework) #Karma #DarwinAward #NaturalSelection -
Allen, die sich an #Silvester beim #Feuerwerk mit selbstgebastelten oder nicht zugelassenen, aus dem Ausland illegal importierten #Böllern verletzen, möchte ich, ganz unabhängig von irgendwelchen #Verboten, folgende Worte sagen:
Schlaua durch aua. (smarter by ouch)
#Silvester #Feuerwerksverbot #Böller #böllerverbot #böllerfrei
Bild: Böllerhände (hands after firework) #Karma #DarwinAward #NaturalSelection -
Allen, die sich an #Silvester beim #Feuerwerk mit selbstgebastelten oder nicht zugelassenen, aus dem Ausland illegal importierten #Böllern verletzen, möchte ich, ganz unabhängig von irgendwelchen #Verboten, folgende Worte sagen:
Schlaua durch aua. (smarter by ouch)
#Silvester #Feuerwerksverbot #Böller #böllerverbot #böllerfrei
Bild: Böllerhände (hands after firework) #Karma #DarwinAward #NaturalSelection -
The Evolutionary Political Fitness Hypothesis: Extending Natural Selection to Human Societies #evolution #genetics #naturalselection #replicators #darwinian #politics #governance #democracy #authoritarianism #evolutionarypolitics #kinselection #biologicalevolution #errtlings #bookcafe
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#AI #Darwin Awards proudly continue this noble tradition by honouring #visionaries who looked at artificial #intelligence—a technology capable of reshaping civilisation—and thought.
You know what this needs? Less #safety testing and more venture capital!
These brave pioneers remind us #NaturalSelection isn’t just for #biology anymore
Why stop at individual acts of spectacular stupidity when you can scale up to global proportions?
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Why Did It Take So Long to Understand #Evolution By #NaturalSelection?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8iBCly2JcI
In this conversation, host #NeildeGrasseTyson and guest #RichardDawkins reflect on #philosopher #DanielDennett’s view that #Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection is the greatest idea ever conceived. They explore why this insight took so long to arise in #human #history, despite centuries of #philosophical #reasoning.
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if you curate your feed to support #dogma, evolution will #curate you out (over time) #biology #selection #fitness #evolution #theory #NaturalSelection
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#MichaelRuse - #PhilosophyOfRace and #Ethnicity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9CvkJV5MDo
#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfBiology #Race #Morality #Ethics #Genetics #Environment #NaturalSelection #Evolution #Human #Humanity #HumanBeing #HumanBeing #HumanSpecies #Intelligence #Culture #Politics #Policy #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn
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All selection — and indeed all phenomena — are ultimately natural. The farmed strain is selected by the farmer for greater nutrient yield because the farmer strain is selected by nature for greater nutrient seeking.
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Lee Dugatkin's description of "wild" animals sounds the same as aspects of human cultures \ behaviours 🤔
The Dissenter: #803 Lee Dugatkin - Power in the Wild, The Ways Animals Strive for Control over Others
#ecology #NaturalSelection #behaviourism #psychology #hierarchy #dominance #politics #resources #money #economy
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Lee Dugatkin's description of "wild" animals sounds the same as aspects of human cultures \ behaviours 🤔
The Dissenter: #803 Lee Dugatkin - Power in the Wild, The Ways Animals Strive for Control over Others
#ecology #NaturalSelection #behaviourism #psychology #hierarchy #dominance #politics #resources #money #economy
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Lee Dugatkin's description of "wild" animals sounds the same as aspects of human cultures \ behaviours 🤔
The Dissenter: #803 Lee Dugatkin - Power in the Wild, The Ways Animals Strive for Control over Others
#ecology #NaturalSelection #behaviourism #psychology #hierarchy #dominance #politics #resources #money #economy
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...and the environment selects !
As someone with long term interests in #HorizontalGeneTransfer , I'm really interested in this new research exploring environment-specific selection of #plasmid adaptive traits in #bacteria
Find out more in this new research in mBio on: