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Evolution - the Extended Synthesis Massimo Pigliucci, Gerd B. Müller
Publisher: The MIT Press

The Darwinian research programme the dominated natural science in the XX century is defined as the “Modern Synthesis”, a name that suggested the fusion of the central core of the Darwinian theory – casual variation and natural selection – with In his famous work The genetical theory of natural selection, Fisher proved that the genetic basis of evolution could be extended to those traits, such as height, that do not appear to be transmitted in a Mendelian manner. A major debate in evolutionary biology circles today is whether the mid-20th century modern synthesis needs to be radically updated. I managed to snag a copy of Evolution—The Extended Synthesis[1] from the University science library. With this in mind, Leech and I recently hosted a Catalysis Meeting at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) on “Synthesizing the Evolutionary and Social Science Approaches to Human Cooperation.” The meeting was held April 5-7, 2013, at NESCent's offices in Durham, NC. Pennsylvania) extended the concepts of behavioural genomics even further to propose that behavioural genes influence not only the behavioural phenotypes of the individuals that carry them, but also the phenotypes of One of our objectives in organizing this symposium was to illustrate the breadth of research questions, methods, and study organisms in the field of social evolution, but also to encourage synthesis within the field as a whole. The International Conference Modelling Biological Evolution 2013: Recent Progress, Current Challenges and Future Directions will be held at the University of Leicester on May 1-3, 2013. At the very least, then, taking an evolutionary perspective should include things like Mendelian inheritance, mutation and population genetics. Having thus localized our species, Konner seeks to explain both why humans experience such extended periods of dependence and what implications this has for the ways in which humans behave toward their offspring. Will the new paradigm as in the proposed extended synthesis (ala the Altenberg 16) answer the questions that need to be answered? Kung feature prominently in this new book, his goal is much more ambitious: He has set out to synthesize all research findings on the evolutionary emergence of our species, and especially the ways in which humans came to raise their children. And a consensus is emerging that it's time for change, or an “extended synthesis". Evolution - the Extended Synthesis Ebook By Massimo Pigliucci, Gerd B. I'll cite one of many articles that speak of its demise. And last but not least, according to most evo devo and even a great many mainstream evolutionary biologist, the modern synthesis is effectively dead as a theory. Nominations for CoGEA Award (formerly known as the Squeaky Wheel Award) due May 31 (extended). Well only time will tell, but again, one thing is certain, and that is, the modern synthesis as taught now is a house of cards. Voting in 2013 AAA Election closes May 31.