Article
History & Philosophy Of Science
Jan Baedke, Alejandro Fabregas-Tejeda, Guido Prieto
Summary: Recent arguments suggest the need for evolutionary theory to incorporate the concept of 'reciprocal causation' more seriously, which involves feedback loops that change organisms' experiences of the environment. However, past approaches have struggled to maintain meaningful boundaries between organisms and environments, as well as integrate experiential and physical forms of reciprocal causation. Researchers propose a new model based on niche construction research to address these persistent challenges.
BIOLOGY & PHILOSOPHY
(2021)
Review
Evolutionary Biology
Paula Ivey Henry, Meredith R. Spence Beaulieu, Angelle Bradford, Joseph L. Graves Jr
Summary: This study proposes a niche construction framework based on evolutionary-ecological perspectives to understand the evolutionary process of race-based health disparities and their profound impact on health outcomes.
EVOLUTION MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
History & Philosophy Of Science
Rose Trappes
Summary: Niche construction theory aims to integrate evolutionary biology and ecology, focusing on both construction and niche. The comparison between the evolutionary niche and ecological niche definitions reveals differences, especially in cases like extreme habitat degradation, commensalism, and non-limiting resources. These conceptual distinctions impact NCT's role in unifying ecology and evolutionary biology.
BIOLOGY & PHILOSOPHY
(2021)
Article
History & Philosophy Of Science
Caleb Hazelwood
Summary: Arguments for an extended evolutionary synthesis center on the concept of reciprocal causation. Proponents argue that it leads to better scientific models and accurately represents the causal structure of the biological world. Survey data from biology faculty members in the US indicate that while most participants do not see a larger advantage in research practices with reciprocal causation, they agree that it better represents the structure of the biological world.
BIOLOGY & PHILOSOPHY
(2023)
Article
Business
Gad Saad
Summary: Consumer psychology faces challenges that can be addressed through the use of evolutionary psychology, including expanding research questions, combating sampling bias and methodological fixation, and emphasizing interdisciplinary collaboration and consilient evidence building.
PSYCHOLOGY & MARKETING
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Florian Schneider, Christopher Poeplau, Axel Don
Summary: This paper introduces a data-driven reciprocal modeling framework to quantify the individual effects of environmental treatments under field conditions. By training a machine learning model and applying it to different groups, accurate estimates of the effects of environmental treatments can be achieved.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Sun Ah Lim, YunHee Jung
Summary: This study explores the correlation between parental support and children's career maturity. It finds that parental support not only influences children's career maturity but also varies depending on their career development. Moreover, the relationship between parental support and career maturity is expected to change as children develop career consciousness.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Evolutionary Biology
Erica M. Nadolski, Armin P. Moczek
Summary: This essay explores the agency perspective in evolutionary developmental biology, defining agency and its associated terminology, investigating assumptions and predictions, and discussing its potential epistemic roles in evo devo. It also discusses supportive evidence of agential dynamics in biological systems and explores how agency thinking can enhance the explanatory reach of research efforts in evolutionary developmental biology.
EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Helen Lingard, Tracy Cooke, Greg Zelic, James Harley
Summary: This research examines causal and contributing factors to crane safety incidents in the Australian construction industry, revealing how these factors interact at multiple levels. Understanding these interactions can inform the selection and implementation of 'upstream' prevention measures for crane safety incidents in construction.
Article
Ecology
Gregor F. F. Fussmann, Michael Kopp
Summary: In rapidly changing environments, populations and species may face difficulties in adapting and avoiding extinction or replacement. Reciprocal transplant experiments are commonly used to assess the fitness of different populations in their respective environments. However, this study shows that the inference from reciprocal transplants can be misleading when applied to populations that are adapting to environmental change, leading to the conclusion of maladaptation even when the populations are following an evolutionary trajectory of fitness increase over time.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2023)
Article
Political Science
Qingyuan Zhao, Luke J. Keele, Dylan S. Small, Marshall M. Joffe
Summary: This article discusses causal estimands used to study racial discrimination in policing. Due to the lack of recorded police-civilian encounters in administrative datasets, researchers propose considering the average causal effect of race when the civilian is already detained. The article suggests a new estimand, the causal risk ratio, which has a more transparent interpretation and requires weaker identification assumptions. A reanalysis of the NYPD Stop-and-Frisk dataset demonstrates that the naive estimator may underestimate the disparity in police violence between minorities and whites.
AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Noah T. Leith, Kasey D. Fowler-Finn, Michael P. Moore
Summary: Thermal ecology and mate competition interact and can enhance each other, facilitating organism adaptation to the environment. Future research should integrate different methods to understand the evolutionary feedback between these two aspects.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Jelena Bujan, Sebastien Ollier, Irene Villalta, Severine Devers, Xim Cerda, Fernando Amor, Abdallah Dahbi, Cleo Bertelsmeier, Raphael Boulay
Summary: This study tested the predictive ability of important factors determining the fundamental niche (physiology, morphology, and evolutionary history) on the realized niche, and found no linkage between them. This has important implications for predicting species responses to climate change using the realized niche.
DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS
(2022)
Article
Biology
Junjun Jing, Jifan Feng, Jingyuan Li, Hu Zhao, Thach-Vu Ho, Jinzhi He, Yuan Yuan, Tingwei Guo, Jiahui Du, Mark Urata, Paul Sharpe, Yang Chai
Summary: The interaction between adult stem cells (MSCs) and transit amplifying cells (TACs) is crucial for maintaining tissue homeostasis, with evidence of a feedforward signaling cascade involving IGF-WNT from MSCs to TACs. TACs are regulated by canonical WNT signaling and can feedback to MSCs through non-canonical WNT signaling to regulate MSC maintenance.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Naoki Hiratani, Peter E. Latham
Summary: This study investigates the relationship between neural circuit structure and learning efficiency by analyzing the olfactory system. The results suggest that optimal neural architecture is influenced by the species' longevity and the genetic specification of the olfactory circuit.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Lee Altenberg, Nicole Creanza, Laurel Fogarty, Lilach Hadany, Oren Kolodny, Kevin N. Laland, Laurent Lehmann, Sarah P. Otto, Noah A. Rosenberg, Jeremy Van Cleve, John Wakeley
THEORETICAL POPULATION BIOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Ecology
Andrew D. Clark, Dominik Deffner, Kevin Laland, John Odling-Smee, John Endler
AMERICAN NATURALIST
(2020)
Article
Evolutionary Biology
Kevin N. Laland, Wataru Toyokawa, Thomas Oudman
EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT
(2020)
Article
Ecology
Thomas Oudman, Kevin Laland, Graeme Ruxton, Ingunn Tombre, Paul Shimmings, Jouke Prop
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2020)
Article
Zoology
Camille A. Troisi, William J. E. Hoppitt, Carlos R. Ruiz-Miranda, Kevin N. Laland
Summary: The family Callitrichidae, known for large food transfers from adults to infants, may also have a teaching function through these transfers. While novel foods were not more successfully transferred than familiar ones, previous experience with the food by the donor increased transfer success. Food transfers influenced the foraging choices of young tamarins, indicating the role of social learning in their development.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Mike M. Webster, Kevin N. Laland
ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE
(2020)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Elena Miu, Ned Gulley, Kevin N. Laland, Luke Rendell
Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Kevin N. Laland
Review
Psychology
Kevin Laland, Amanda Seed
Summary: Researchers evaluated candidate traits that may support human unique cognition, finding that humans possess unusually potent capabilities in many cognitive domains. They believe that the superior cognitive performance of humans is formed through interactions and reinforcement between different cognitive domains.
ANNUAL REVIEW OF PSYCHOLOGY, VOL 72
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Karina Vanadzina, Andre Phillips, Bonnie Martins, Kevin N. Laland, Michael M. Webster, Catherine Sheard
Summary: The study found that egg size in marine fish is related to environmental factors and parental body size, while hatch size is influenced by food supply and reproductive strategy. Species with parental care or demersal egg development yield larger hatchlings. Hatch size evolution is associated with care provision and parental body size.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Karina Vanadzina, Sally E. Street, Susan D. Healy, Kevin N. Laland, Catherine Sheard
Summary: The size of a bird's nest plays a crucial role in reproductive success and is influenced by various factors. The primary function of the nest is to protect offspring from the environment and predators. Studies have shown that bird species in colder habitats at higher latitudes build larger nests with thicker walls, but these larger nests are more vulnerable to predation. Nest size can also be influenced by sexual selection as it signals parental quality. This study also found that nest size is associated with environmental factors, geographical factors, and life-history traits.
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Geography, Physical
Dov Corenblit, Bruno Corbara, Kevin Lala, Jonathan D. Phillips, Arnaud Pocheville, Erwan Roussel, Johannes Steiger, Heather A. Viles
Summary: Biogeomorphology should challenge the traditional dichotomy between living and non-living Earth surface systems, by exploring the interrelationships between eco-evolutionary models, genes, organisms, and the environment. Genes are considered as the foundational units of evolution, influencing and manufacturing the biological and physical environments within or outside organisms.
EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS
(2023)
Article
Biology
Catherine Sheard, Sally E. Street, Caitlin Evans, Kevin N. Lala, Susan D. Healy, Shoko Sugasawa
Summary: The evolution of behavior can both influence and be influenced by morphology. This study investigates the relationship between beak shape and nest building materials in birds using a global database and random forest models. The results show that beak morphology, diet, and access to materials can predict nest material use with moderate to high accuracy, although the relationship is influenced by phylogenetic signal and sampling biases.
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Experimental
Murillo Pagnotta, Kevin N. Laland, Moreno Coco
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Joseph M. Stubbersfield, Lewis G. Dean, Sana Sheikh, Kevin N. Laland, Catharine P. Cross
PALGRAVE COMMUNICATIONS
(2019)