Hominin Obstetrics and the Evolution of Constraints

2012/04/08 by Mark Grabowski, Mark W. Grabowski · 90 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Mathematics · Social Sciences · #Adaptation (eye) #Artificial intelligence #Biological evolution #Biology #Bipedalism #Computer science #Constraint (computer-aided design) #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Evolution strategy #Evolutionary algorithm #Evolutionary biology #Genetics #Geography #Human evolution #Mathematics #Morphological variations and asymmetry #Paleontology #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Selection (genetic algorithm) #Trait #Traverse

paper · doi:10.1007/s11692-012-9174-7

published in Evolutionary Biology 40(1), 57-75 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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• Quantitative genetics and developmental constraints on evolution by selection
• The Evolution of Modularity in the Mammalian Skull I: Morphological Integration Patterns and Magnitudes
• GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION AND THE EVOLUTION OF PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY
• The Evolution of Modularity in the Mammalian Skull II: Evolutionary Consequences
• Heritability is not Evolvability
• Constraints on Phenotypic Evolution
• Biomechanics of the hip and birth in early Homo

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