#evolution

We have a 4-year PhD position available in the Slotte lab at Stockholm University, to investigate genomic signatures of selection associated with pollination mode shifts.
Full ad: https://su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:805144/where:4/
Apply by April 22, 2025 via the University application portal. Please repost! #stockholm #evolgen #evolution #genomics #phdPosition

"Warum bist Du immer so müde?"

"Das liegt an meinen Gähnen."

#Vererbung
#Gähndefekt
#Evolution

this is an evolve or die moment for humanity

#NonDomination #Solutions #Evolution #Humanity #EndProfitMotive #SaveEarth #FreeHumanity

Mes moteurs de recherche coups de coeur :

https://www.qwant.com

https://duckduckgo.com

https://ecosia.org

#Degooglisons #emancipasso #internaute #evolution #moteurderecherche

"Genomics and reproductive biology of Leptopilina malgretoutensis Buffington, Lue, Davis & Tracey sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Figitidae): An asexual parasitoid of Caribbean Drosophila"
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.28.645512v1?rss=1
#Evolution
#Drosophila #Genomics

Ein neuer Duft für die #Bienenkönigin.
“Unsere Studie stellt diese Annahme in Frage und zeigt ein viel komplexeres Bild der #Evolution.”

Bei #Honigbienen sorgt die Königin durch einen speziellen Duftstoff dafür, dass ihre #Arbeiterinnen unfruchtbar bleiben und ihr dienen. Ein solches Königinnenpheromon haben Forscher nun erstmals auch bei einer #Bienenart mit weit einfacherem Staat nachgewiesen – der #Furchenbiene. Das Überraschende jedoch: Der Duftstoff der Königin besteht bei dieser #Bienenart aus einer chemisch völlig anderen Substanz als bei den #Honigbienen
(Pheromon (E)-9-Oxodec-2-ensäure („Königinnensubstanz“)) . Das deutet darauf hin, dass die #Evolution dieser Pheromone komplexer ablief als bisher gedacht.

https://www.wissenschaft.de/erde-umwelt/ein-neuer-duft-fuer-die-bienenkoenigin/

Macrocyclic Lactones Act as a Queen #Pheromone in a Primitively Eusocial Sweat #Bee https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(20)30026-9
#Bienen #hymenoptera #Wildbienen #Insekten #Natur #biodiversität #artenschutz #Artenvielfalt #Biene #Bienenliebe

@_9CL7T9k8cjnD_ @georgetakei #Evolution might be teaching but I doubt mankind is learning - at least not permanently... Otherwise we would have a capable and dedicated public servant in the #WhiteHouse and the insurrectionist and fraudster in #Jail. Let's see what the #MAGAts are saying once their #SocialSecurity cheques stop coming...
Not holding my breath, though. Apparently still 45% of voters are approving of the #OrangeFelon's job performance... Even with markets in free fall, looming recession, and talking about war with Denmark, Panama, and Canada these fuckwits give him higher rating than Biden at the same time in his presidency.
#TheUnAmericanVotersDidThis
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-world/2025/03/30/what-is-trump-approval-rating-today-what-polls-say-now-president-trumps-current-approval-rating-musk/82727649007/

@georgetakei Sadly, my humble suggestion is you can't protect people from themselves; and, we should let them received #DarwinAwards. #Evolution teaches through #Pain #Suffering and #Loss.

The evolution of #Intelligence — from #gene to #meme

Genetic #evolution gave us bodies and organs.
#Modeling and #Feeling gave us minds and memes.
Today’s evolution — and even more so in the future — is the evolution of Models and Feelings.
Culture and memes now drive intelligence.
https://medium.com/@modfeel/modfeel-coming-soon-in-english-800a209238e5
#modfeel #cognition #memetics #AI #philosophy #neuroscience

The evolution of #Intelligence — from #gene to #meme Genetic evolution gave us bodies & organs. #Modeling & #Feeling gave us minds & memes. Today’s #evolution — and more in the future — is the evolution of Models and Feelings. medium.com/@modfeel/mod... #modfeel #cognition #memetics #AI

Modfeel: Coming Soon in Englis...

Oldest human face in Western Europe found in Spain, rewriting early European settlement history

A fascinating fossil find in Spain’s Atapuerca Mountains has revealed that the beginnings of human habitation in Western Europe predate what scientists previously believed...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/03/oldest-human-face-in-western-europe-found-in-spain/

Follow @archaeology

#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #evolution #anthropology #homoerectus

A bizarre ancient organism previously thought to be a giant fungus may actually belong to an undiscovered branch of the tree of life that mysteriously went extinct.

Prototaxites, which lived between 420 million and 375 million years ago, was the first giant terrestrial life form to inhabit Earth. It grew trunk-like structures up to 8 metres tall and 1 metre wide.

Might be paywalled. Try a free account. #Science #Evolution https://www.newscientist.com/article/2473272-bizarre-fossil-may-have-been-an-entirely-new-type-of-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=currents

What is #Intelligence?

In a nutshell: If Life is about #survival and #reproduction, Intelligence is the art of making decisions in a complex world that support these goals, through:
#Modeling – simplify the world
#Feeling – value what matters

https://medium.com/@modfeel/modfeel-coming-soon-in-english-800a209238e5

#modfeel #AI #Philosophy #Cognition #Complexity #DecisionTheory #Evolution #biology #science

"You’ve probably heard of spooky black cats, chaotic orange cats, and distinguished-looking tuxedo cats. If you’re really into cats, you might have even lesser-known color variants like seal point and ticked tabby."
#weirdnews #cats #caturday #pets #science #evolution #news
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a64323622/new-cat-color-discovered/

25,000-year-old mammoth bone site discovered in Lower Austria

An archaeological team from the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) has made a groundbreaking discovery in Langmannersdorf an der Perschling, Lower Austria, where remains of at least five mammoths, stone tools, and evidence of ivory processing were found...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/03/mammoth-bone-site-discovered-in-lower-austria/

Follow @archaeology

#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #anthropology #stonetools #evolution #mammoth #iceage

*Odonata*, ie dragonflies and damselflies, are the best fliers on the planet.
They can fly backwards and stand still id-air and are also among the most efficient predators on the planet, with a ridiculous 95% success rate.

And yet, 99% of insects are NOT *Odonata*.

Why?

Because *Odonata* cannot fold their wings on their back, which is necessary to burrow.

The moral? Turns out that being able to crawl into the dirt is much more important than being able to soar in the sky.

#Dragonflies
#Evolution

https://www.sciencealert.com/marmots-just-settled-a-154-year-old-evolution-debate

#science #nature #animals #evolution

Apparently, some 530 million years ago (give or take) in the #Cambrian age, after about 2.5 billion years of rather plodding #evolution, bi-lateral symmetry appeared in animals (after some dabbling in tri-lateral and penta-lateral symmetry) and when brains showed up they were bi-lateral. #Vertebrate, but still #jawless, fishes were swimming after each other for lunch. #Eyes, which had already existed for a long while, started showing up in pairs, at the head end of the fishes. (1/3)

Have Earth's oceans always been blue?

@PopularScience reports on research suggesting the sea might have glimmered with green hues for over 2 billion years.

https://flip.it/sgB8.j

#Ocean #Science #Biology #Evolution