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Followed by. On Human Nature (1978) Sociobiology: The New Synthesis (1975; 25th anniversary edition 2000) is a book by the biologist E. O. Wilson. It helped start the sociobiology debate, one of the great scientific controversies in biology of the 20th century and part of the wider debate about evolutionary psychology and the modern synthesis ...
203. ISBN. 0691088365. The Theory of Island Biogeography is a 1967 book by the ecologist Robert MacArthur and the biologist Edward O. Wilson. [ 1] It is widely regarded as a seminal work in island biogeography and ecology. The Princeton University Press reprinted the book in 2001 as a part of the "Princeton Landmarks in Biology" series. [ 1]
Consilience. The unity of knowledge. Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge is a 1998 book by the biologist E. O. Wilson, in which the author discusses methods that have been used to unite the sciences and might in the future unite them with the humanities. [ 1] Wilson uses the term consilience to describe the synthesis of knowledge from different ...
Category. v. t. e. Insular biogeography[ 1] or island biogeography is a field within biogeography that examines the factors that affect the species richness and diversification of isolated natural communities. The theory was originally developed to explain the pattern of the species–area relationship occurring in oceanic islands.
A new study found that the risk of developing type 2 diabetes may increase as much as 59% as sleep becomes more inconsistent, Sleeping different amounts each night may be linked to higher diabetes ...
The "war on cancer" is the effort to find a cure for cancer by increased research to improve the understanding of cancer biology and the development of more effective cancer treatments, such as targeted drug therapies. The aim of such efforts is to eradicate cancer as a major cause of death.
Contact Brian Broom at 601-961-7225 or bbroom@gannett.com. This article originally appeared on Mississippi Clarion Ledger: Mammoth tusk from the Ice Age found in Mississippi. The mammoth tusk is 7 ...
After Beast won The Oregonian’s Restaurant of the Year in 2008, Pomeroy was named one of Food & Wine’s Best New Chefs in 2009. Then, in 2013, she and her husband Webster opened Portland ...