February 2012
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“Thus, at the epistemological heart of this volume is the conviction that when we...”
– Gordon M. Burghardt, The Genesis of Animal Play
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Brief Excerpts*
From Coevolution: Genes, Culture, and Human Diversity by William H. Durham.
On “What are the sources of variation?” leaving out secondary variation sources.
“In the case of organic evolution, two different kinds of processes have been identified as ‘primary,’ or initial, sources of variation: mutation, or the spontaneous introduction of variation at the level of...
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Addressing the Gender Binary
“Breaking through the binary: Gender explained using continuums” is an article by Samuel Killermann.
This article is timely and relevant because of the current state of human rights, an all-around misunderstanding of concepts, the human psyche, biology, and flat-out ignorance. I am not too sure why I included biology, but those suffering from phobias seem to think they understand...
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“Natura non facit saltum.”
– (Nature does not make great leaps.)