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- Jul 2023
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Julian Huxley
- Julian Huxley's biology work was to lay the seed of
- how one individual organism transforms over many generations
- into a new higher-level individual organism
- he called this the "movement of individuality"
- It has also come to be known as
- major transitions
- major evolutionary transition (MET)
- evolutionary transitions in individuality
- grandson of Thomas Huxley
- brother of Aldous Huxley (Brave New World)
- wrote The Individual in the Animal Kingdom (1912)
- advocated for closed, independent systems with harmonious parts
- endorsed gradients of individuality
- "closure is never complete, the independence never absolute, the harmony never perfect"
- how one individual organism transforms over many generations
- Julian Huxley's biology work was to lay the seed of
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- Mar 2023
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royalsocietypublishing.org royalsocietypublishing.org
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The human species may be undergoing an evolutionary transition in individuality (ETI) [1–6]. The evolutionary transitions framework explains how new levels of biological organization (such as multicellularity, or eusociality) emerge from subsidiary units (such as cells or individuals) through the formation of cooperative groups [6–10]. First proposed by Maynard Smith & Szathmáry [3], evolutionary transitions are thought to unfold via a shift in the dominant level of selection from competitive individuals to well-integrated functional groups [8,11]. These transitions exhibit a common set of patterns, including new divisions of labour, the loss of full individual autonomy and reproductive control, and the rise of new routes of information transmission [6,7,10].
Definition : Evolutionary Transition in Individuality - This is a very good definition of ETI - A new individual is a new level of biological organization - The new individual emerges out of an integration of subsiduary units as competitive individuals synergize and form well-integrated functional groups
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- Sep 2022
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royalsocietypublishing.org royalsocietypublishing.org
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human long-term GCC is characterized by an evolutionary transition in inheritance (from genes to culture) which entails a transition in individuality (from genetic individual to cultural group).
!- for : Cultural Evolution - the findings of this paper point to culture is displacing genetic adaptive potential as the main driver of evolution. This is a very profound finding!
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