Cognitive Niche Construction and Extragenetic Information: A Sense of Purposefulness in Evolution
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DOI: 10.1007/s10838-019-09494-2
Abstract: My book Abductive Cognition. The Epistemological and Eco-Cognitive Dimensions of Hypothetical Reasoning (2009) basically refers to all kinds of human hypothetical cognition, also of creative kind. During the research related to the preparation of that… read more here.
Keywords: niche construction; extragenetic information; evolution;
FORAGING MODELS, NICHE CONSTRUCTION, AND THE EASTERN AGRICULTURAL COMPLEX
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DOI: 10.1017/aaq.2016.30
Abstract: Some proponents of niche construction challenge the validity of optimality models for investigating agricultural origins, but offer no alternative strategy for understanding the economic context of human foraging decisions. They refer to the Eastern Agricultural… read more here.
Keywords: seed; niche construction; los; agricultural complex ... See more keywords
A quantitative analysis of intensification in the ethnographic record.
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DOI: 10.1038/s41562-021-01120-w
Abstract: The intensification of food production plays a central role in the evolution of complex human societies. However, it is unclear whether the standard model of intensification is theoretically or empirically justified. This leaves social scientists… read more here.
Keywords: niche construction; model; ethnographic record; intensification ... See more keywords
Niche construction in quantitative traits: heritability and response to selection
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DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.0401
Abstract: A central tenet of niche construction (NC) theory is that organisms can alter their environments in heritable and evolutionarily important ways, often altering selection pressures. We suggest that the physical changes niche constructors make to… read more here.
Keywords: heritability response; niche construction; selection; heritability ... See more keywords
Social cognition and human aesthetic niche—the evolving human cognition as a participant of human niche construction
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DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.129672.1
Abstract: Aesthetic phenomena have been intertwined with the life of humans to a significant degree that is not observed in non-human animals. The complexity and subtlety of it have long been regarded as one symbol of… read more here.
Keywords: niche construction; human aesthetic; cognition; niche ... See more keywords
A Dialogue Between Empirical and Model-Based Agricultural Studies in Archaeology
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DOI: 10.2993/0278-0771-37.2.167
Abstract: Archaeologists have been examining agricultural societies from an environmental perspective since at least the early twentieth century—study that was enhanced by the advent of new methodologies such as dendrochronology (Douglass 1929) and, more recently, by… read more here.
Keywords: alpoim guedes; niche construction; archaeology; construction theory ... See more keywords
The Macroevolutionary Consequences of Niche Construction in Microbial Metabolism
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DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.718082
Abstract: Microorganisms display a stunning metabolic diversity. Understanding the origin of this diversity requires understanding how macroevolutionary processes such as innovation and diversification play out in the microbial world. Metabolic networks, which govern microbial resource use,… read more here.
Keywords: construction; macroevolutionary consequences; microbial metabolism; niche construction ... See more keywords