Robert B. Eckhardt
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View article: Evolution of modern humans is a result of self-amplifying feedbacks beginning in the Miocene and continuing without interruption until now
Evolution of modern humans is a result of self-amplifying feedbacks beginning in the Miocene and continuing without interruption until now Open
Humans are a part of the complex system of life. This consists of a multitude of feedbacks among all parts of living systems. In the case of human origins, many feedbacks became positive rather than homeostatic, thus producing self-amplify…
View article: Human mitochondrial DNA diversity is compatible with the multiregional continuity theory of the origin of Homo sapiens
Human mitochondrial DNA diversity is compatible with the multiregional continuity theory of the origin of Homo sapiens Open
Confidence intervals for estimates of human mtDNA sequence diversity, chimpanzee-human mtDNA sequence divergence, and the time of splitting of the pongid-hominid lineages are presented. Consistent with all the data used in estimating the c…
View article: Paleospecies as cognitive construct: The meme of “Homo floresiensis”
Paleospecies as cognitive construct: The meme of “Homo floresiensis” Open
Creation and subsequent abandonment of a number of earlier species considered human ancestors: Eoanthropus dawsoni, Hesperopithecus haroldcooki, Homo gardarensis and Ramapithecus punjabicus is presented using cases from the history of scie…
View article: Evolutionary psychology, economic freedom, trade and benevolence
Evolutionary psychology, economic freedom, trade and benevolence Open
Our thesis is that the reason many of us today are inclined toward socialism (explicit cooperation) and against laissez-faire capitalism (implicit cooperation) is because the first type of behavior was much more genetically beneficial duri…
View article: Earliest Known Hominin Calcar Femorale in <i>Orrorin tugenensis</i> Provides Further Internal Anatomical Evidence for Origin of Human Bipedal Locomotion
Earliest Known Hominin Calcar Femorale in <i>Orrorin tugenensis</i> Provides Further Internal Anatomical Evidence for Origin of Human Bipedal Locomotion Open
The calcar femorale (CF), a plate of dense bone internal to the lesser trochanter, is visible on computed tomographic images of the 6 million‐year‐old femoral fragment BAR 1003′00 (from the taxon Orrorin tugenensis ), among the oldest spec…
View article: Intercellular competition and levels of development: The plasticity of inevitability
Intercellular competition and levels of development: The plasticity of inevitability Open
Nelson and Masel (1) present a general mathematical model that describes effects of somatic cell changes on aging bounded by juxtaposed loss of cellular vigor and uncontrolled cell growth. The formulation reflects observations on a wide ra…