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  Biology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles Darwin established evolution as a viable theory by articulating its driving force, natural selection (Alfred Russel Wallace is recognized as the co-discoverer of this concept).
In population genetics the evolution of a population of organisms is sometimes depicted as if travelling on a fitness landscape.
Ethology studies animal behavior (particularly of social animals such as primates and canids), and is sometimes considered a branch of zoology.
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 ScienceDaily: Biology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Mutual symbiosis between clownfish of the genus Amphiprion that dwell among the tentacles of tropical sea anemones.
The arrows indicate the preferred flow of a population on the landscape, and the points A, B, and C are local optima.
Symbiosis -- Symbiosis is an interaction between two organisms living together in more or less intimate association or even the merging of two dissimilar organisms.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/biology   (4129 words)

  
 Top20Biology.com - Online Directory for Biology Education.
Nevertheless, the biological sciences are characterized and unified by several major underlying principles and concepts: universality, evolution, diversity, continuity, homeostasis, and interactions.
The central organizing concept in biology is that all life has a common origin and has changed and developed through the process of evolution, which led to the striking similarity of units and processes discussed in the previous section.
Evolutionary biology also makes use of paleontologists, who use the fossil record to answer questions about the mode and tempo of evolution, as well as theoreticians in areas such as population genetics and evolutionary theory.
www.top20biology.com   (2707 words)

  
 Natural Selection: subject gateway to the natural world
Chimp Challenge encourages you to learn social behaviour; Memory Maze is about surviving in the forest; Mammal Maker challenges you to build a mammalian skeleton; Beast Feast is about the diversity of animal diet; and Survival Zone tests survival skills.
The mission of the Lion Research Center is to "promote research into the basic biology and conservation of African lions", and to make that research available to the general public.
The Lion Research Center is directed by Dr. Craig Packer at the University of Minnesota.
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 Artificial intelligence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Ethical and Social Implications of AI en Computerization
German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, DFKI GmbH
The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour (United Kingdom)
artificial-intelligence.iqnaut.net   (2717 words)

  
 Economics Downloads - from Altruists International
Dynasties and Destiny - On The Roles of Altruism and Impatience in the Evolution of Consumption and Bequests
Altruistically minded, international volunteer group that is pioneering altruism as a social norm.
We work for free on projects to help the marginalized and to change society's focus away from money towards people.
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 Ethics Quality: Policy Audit, Diagnostics, Training
Center for Ethics, Capital Markets, and Political Economy http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/cecmpe/
"Social and economic inequalities are acceptable only in so far as they benefit the least advantaged." Rawls
Radicalism in Religion, Philosophy, and Social Life: Four Papers from The Boston Courier for 1858
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