Evolution
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It was critical for Darwin's theory of
evolution.
I mean,
evolution
has been optimizing them for billions of years, right?
Floyd Romesberg: Absolutely, I think that's right, and I think what our work has shown, as I mentioned, is that there's been always this prejudice that sort of we're perfect, we're optimal, God created us this way,
evolution
perfected us this way.
With my teams, we have measured the
evolution
of complexity in business.
So, we've been talking about how
evolution
shapes human minds that may or may not perceive the truth.
Think of it as
evolution
not by natural selection, but
evolution
by design.
So as we explore this dark continent and discover its mineralogical and biological diversity and uniqueness, we will find probably clues about the origin of life on our planet and on the relationship and
evolution
of life in relationship with the mineral world.
In this light, may science and religion endeavor here for the steady
evolution
of mankind, from darkness to light, from narrowness to broad-mindedness, from prejudice to tolerance.
Or perhaps, the
evolution
of an intelligence capable of creating sophisticated technology is far rarer than we've assumed.
We can look at evolution, we can look at their brains and we can watch what they do.
When
evolution
makes something new, it uses the parts it has in stock, off the shelf, before it fabricates a new twist.
But what I'm interested in is the development of the modern mind, of the
evolution
of creativity, of imagination, of abstract thought, about what it means to be human.
If you look at how they are related on a family tree, the
evolution
of feathers doesn't seem quite so impossible.
This accident of physics might have led to the
evolution
of longer dinosaur arms, which would let them run faster and even leap short distances through the air.
This can be explained by Darwin's theory of
evolution.
Myths and misconceptions about
evolution.
Let's talk about
evolution.
But even if you aren't one of those people and you think you have a pretty good understanding of evolution, chances are you still believe some things about it that aren't entirely right, things like,
"Evolution
is organisms adapting to their environment."
This was an earlier, now discredited, theory of
evolution.
This makes it sound like
evolution
always favors the biggest, strongest, or fastest creatures, which is not really the case.
Secondly, survival is not how
evolution
occurs, reproduction is.
One of the most difficult things to keep in mind about
evolution
is that when we say things like, "Genes want to make more copies of themselves," or even, "natural selection," we're actually using metaphors.
So,
evolution
proceeds blindly, step by step by step, creating all of the diversity we see in the natural world.
Nicolas Steno helped evolve evolution, broke ground for geology, and showed how unbiased, empirical observation can cut across intellectual borders to deepen our perspective.
Worse, if a big proportion of cells never fire, then they are superfluous and
evolution
should have jettisoned them long ago.
But, what does this all have to do with
evolution?
What can they teach us about
evolution
and survival?
It's widely believed that the
evolution
of desiccation-tolerant seeds allowed the colonization and the radiation of flowering plants, or angiosperms, onto land.
What we're trying to do very rapidly is to repeat what nature did in the
evolution
of resurrection plants some 10 to 40 million years ago.
Now, this development took place as a great evolution, moving from the beginning of a few elite, and eventually able to speak to audiences of people that come from all over the world.
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