Science Weekly podcast from The Guardian, 8 March 2017
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How animal cultures extend the scope of biology
Andrew Whiten, University of St Andrews
Gene-culture coevolution in whales and dolphins
Hal Whitehead, Dalhousie University
What evolves in the evolution of social learning? A social insect perspective
Elli Leadbeater, Royal Holloway University of London
Can culture reshape the evolution of leaning and how?
Arnon Lotem, Tel Aviv University
The evolution of primate intelligence
Kevin Laland, University of St Andrews
Ongoing prospects for a unified science of cultural evolution
Alex Mesoudi, University of Exeter
Evolution evolves: Beyond the selfish gene
by Kevin Laland
Behaviour, Development and Evolution
In my latest book, Behaviour, Development and Evolution, I take a systems biology approach to understanding the evolution and development of behavior. Themes that run though the book are the adaptive processes that result in the appearance of design in nature; the active role of the organism in development and evolution; and an emphasis on whole systems to understand the complexity of development. I explore the frameworks that are often used to think about questions of development and behavior in both humans and animals and explain why the nature/nurture dichotomy is misleading.
Complex Systems Summer School 2017
11 June - 7 July 2017
