Behavioral Ecology Blog

There are more important things than science….

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In an interesting story titled “Breeding for God” UK church-goes Erik Kaufmann claims:
Natural selection is selecting for genetic variations that favor religious belief because religious believers are more inclined to put having children above having higher living standards. In the process of selecting for more fertile humans natural selection is also selecting for more [...]

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C’mon guys, haven’t we learned that this type of “cure” never works… And besides, why fix it if it isn’t broke..
FULL STORY from the UK Times ONline
ABSTRACT:
SCIENTISTS are conducting experiments to change the sexuality of “gay” sheep in a programme that critics fear could pave the way for breeding out homosexuality in humans.
The technique being [...]

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In this post- Ill give some general background and talk about pre-copulatory sexual conflict. In the next post, Ill switch to post-mating conflict and alternative hypotheses.
Sexual conflict is defined as the conflict of interest pertaining to reproductive decisions between males and females. This problem, 1st recognized (or at least 1st published) by Geoff Parker [...]

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I wonder what kind of sex he’s talking about…
EXCERPT:
Anthony Flew said that with the huge discoveries in biological science since Einstein’s day, its even more obvious there must be a God. Flew said, “If that is a sound argument, the integrated complexity of the organic world is just inordinately greater — all the creatures are [...]

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The Darwin Awards are given (usually posthumously) annually to people who are doing more then their fair share to avert Galton’s regression towards mediocraty..
See the 2006 winners…
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My personal favorite…

(September 2006, Florida) A fearsome mythical giant was felled by a humble slingshot. But a modern speargun vs. an underwater [...]

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This one is just too crazy to pass up commenting on. This poor man is surely demented..
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There is nothing wrong with showing respect for science, the thing that I caution you about, is not to be awed by what scientists say. They are ignorant people groping for the truth, and all too often they enjoy [...]

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See this story
Using information from genetic and behavioural studies, the article identifies those who conceive younger, live in deprivation, are in long term relationships (rather than marriages), or in certain cultural groups are at higher risk (of cuckoldry). Amazingly, they report that some studies report the rate of infidelity to be as high as [...]

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Story..
“..infected women tend to be more outgoing, friendly, more promiscuous, and are considered more attractive to men compared with non-infected controls.”
The real interesting question is if this parasite induced change in human behavior is adaptive or incidental in nature. If its’ mode of transmission was either sexual or came as a result of close [...]

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STD may be to blame for lions’ blindness
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Researchers are trying to determine whether a sexually transmitted disease might have caused the blindness found in at least two mountain lions in the Black Hills.
Steve Griffin, a wildlife biologist with the state Game, Fish and Parks Department, said tests on two lions are [...]

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