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Science and Human Foibles | R/K Selection and Life History Theory

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Published on 05 Sep 2017 / In People & Blogs

The following video details the large number of biases that afflict scientific enquiry and human knowledge more generally in addition to explaining the purpose and place of R/K selection theory and the Life History Model that replaced it.

Galileo and Geocentrism
www.famous-trials.com/galileotrial
www.actforlibraries.org/the-biggest-problems-with-the-geocentric-model-of-the-universe/
Scopes Monkey Trial
www.famous-trials.com/scopesmonkey
law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/tennstat.htm
Anthropological Bias
www.slideshare.net/thorthor6/a-troublesome-inheritance-genes-race-and-human-history-pdf-72311225
R/K
www.cs.montana.edu/webworks/projects/stevesbook/contents/chapters/chapter002/section004/blue/page003.html
schoolworkhelper.net/life-history-diversity-reproduction-k-vs-r-species-tradeoffs/
www.bio.miami.edu/tom/courses/bil160/bil160goods/16_rKselection.html
www.researchgate.net/publication/275142242_R-Selection_and_K-Selection
books.google.de/books?redir_esc=y&id=_pv37gw8CIoC&q=
Density Dependence and Independence
study.com/academy/lesson/density-dependent-factors-examples-definition-quiz.html
www.boundless.com/biology/textbooks/boundless-biology-textbook/population-and-community-ecology-45/environmental-limits-to-population-growth-251/density-dependent-and-density-independent-population-regulation-931-12187/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5HlzTP0dAc
Life history
pdfs.semanticscholar.org/b98f/dac705643eeeef612a8528a7075c70a128f0.pdf
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_history_theory
Reproductive Population Differences
www.2minutemedicine.com/pros-network-study-examines-pubertal-onset-by-raceethnic-groups-pediatrics-classics-series/
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16882780
www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/nov/04/why-is-puberty-starting-younger-precocious
Aldabra Giant Tortoise
www.arkive.org/aldabra-giant-tortoise/geochelone-gigantea/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldabra_giant_tortoise
Gestation
academic.oup.com/ije/article/33/1/107/668109/Does-gestation-vary-by-ethnic-group-A-London-based
news.softpedia.com/news/Pregnancy-Length-Varies-Genetically-Amongst-Human-Races-48742.shtml
mathildasanthropologyblog.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/racial-differences-in-lifespan-and-reproduction/
Twinning
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11441679
www.livescience.com/16469-twins-countries-twinning-rates.html
Number of children and infant mortality
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3865739/
www.plimoth.org/sites/default/files/media/pdf/edmaterials_demographics.pdf
Child Labour
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/citizenship/struggle_democracy/childlabour.htm
www.unicef-irc.org/publications/pdf/hisper_childlabour_low.pdf
web.archive.org/web/20120630033018/http://www.childinfo.org/labour_countrydata.php
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_labour
Engineering
static.nsta.org/connections/middleschool/201412tntstudentpacket.pdf
teachersinstitute.yale.edu/curriculum/units/2001/5/01.05.04.x.html

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