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  2. Sociocultural evolution - Wikipedia

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    Talcott Parsons, author of Societies: Evolutionary and Comparative Perspectives (1966) and The System of Modern Societies (1971) divided evolution into four subprocesses: (1) division, which creates functional subsystems from the main system; (2) adaptation, where those systems evolve into more efficient versions; (3) inclusion of elements ...

  3. Dual inheritance theory - Wikipedia

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    Dual inheritance theory (DIT), also known as gene–culture coevolution or biocultural evolution, [1] was developed in the 1960s through early 1980s to explain how human behavior is a product of two different and interacting evolutionary processes: genetic evolution and cultural evolution.

  4. Adaptation - Wikipedia

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    Often, two or more species co-adapt and co-evolve as they develop adaptations that interlock with those of the other species, such as with flowering plants and pollinating insects. In mimicry , species evolve to resemble other species; in mimicry this is a mutually beneficial co-evolution as each of a group of strongly defended species (such as ...

  5. Co-adaptation - Wikipedia

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    In biology, co-adaptation is the process by which two or more species, genes or phenotypic traits undergo adaptation as a pair or group. This occurs when two or more interacting characteristics undergo natural selection together in response to the same selective pressure or when selective pressures alter one characteristic and consecutively alter the interactive characteristic.

  6. Evolution as fact and theory - Wikipedia

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    Professor of biology Jerry Coyne sums up biological evolution succinctly: [3]. Life on Earth evolved gradually beginning with one primitive species – perhaps a self-replicating molecule – that lived more than 3.5 billion years ago; it then branched out over time, throwing off many new and diverse species; and the mechanism for most (but not all) of evolutionary change is natural selection.

  7. Cooperation (evolution) - Wikipedia

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    In evolution, cooperation is the process where groups of organisms work or act together for common or mutual benefits. It is commonly defined as any adaptation that has evolved, at least in part, to increase the reproductive success of the actor's social partners. [1]

  8. Outline of evolution - Wikipedia

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    Biology – Science that studies life . Evolutionary biology – Study of the evolution of life . Evolutionary developmental biology – Comparison of organism developmental processes

  9. Adaptive behavior (ecology) - Wikipedia

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    Many species have the ability to adapt through learning. [3] Organisms will often learn through various psychological and cognitive processes, such as operant and classical conditioning and discrimination memory. [3] This learning process allows organisms to modify their behavior to survive in unpredictable environments. [3]