24 found
Order:
Disambiguations
Marcus W. Feldman [23]Marcus Feldman [1]
  1. Niche construction, biological evolution, and cultural change.Kevin N. Laland, John Odling-Smee & Marcus W. Feldman - 2000 - Behavioral and Brain Sciences 23 (1):131-146.
    We propose a conceptual model that maps the causal pathways relating biological evolution to cultural change. It builds on conventional evolutionary theory by placing emphasis on the capacity of organisms to modify sources of natural selection in their environment (niche construction) and by broadening the evolutionary dynamic to incorporate ontogenetic and cultural processes. In this model, phenotypes have a much more active role in evolution than generally conceived. This sheds light on hominid evolution, on the evolution of culture, and on (...)
    Direct download (5 more)  
     
    Export citation  
     
    Bookmark   177 citations  
  2. What is altruism?Benjamin Kerr, Peter Godfrey-Smith & Marcus W. Feldman - unknown
    Altruism is generally understood to be behavior that benefits others at a personal cost to the behaving individual. However, within evolutionary biology, different authors have interpreted the concept of altruism differently, leading to dissimilar predictions about the evolution of altruistic behavior. Generally, different interpretations diverge on which party receives the benefit from altruism and on how the cost of altruism is assessed. Using a simple trait-group framework, we delineate the assumptions underlying different interpretations and show how they relate to one (...)
     
    Export citation  
     
    Bookmark   24 citations  
  3.  33
    The Generational Cycle of State Spaces and Adequate Genetical Representation.Elisabeth A. Lloyd, Richard C. Lewontin & Marcus W. Feldman - 2008 - Philosophy of Science 75 (2):140-156.
    Most models of generational succession in sexually reproducing populations necessarily move back and forth between genic and genotypic spaces. We show that transitions between and within these spaces are usually hidden by unstated assumptions about processes in these spaces. We also examine a widely endorsed claim regarding the mathematical equivalence of kin-, group-, individual-, and allelic-selection models made by Lee Dugatkin and Kern Reeve. We show that the claimed mathematical equivalence of the models does not hold.
    Direct download (4 more)  
     
    Export citation  
     
    Bookmark   13 citations  
  4. Evolutionary psychology: A view from evolutionary biology.Elisabeth A. Lloyd & Marcus Feldman - 2002 - Psychological Inquiry 13 (2).
    Given the recent explosion of interest in applications of evolutionary biology to understanding human psychology, we think it timely to assure better understanding of modern evolutionary theory among the psychologists who might be using it. We find it necessary to do so because of the very reducd version of evolutionary theorizing that has been incorporated into much of evolutionary psychology so far. Our aim here is to clarify why the use of a reduced version of evolutionary genetics will lead to (...)
    Direct download  
     
    Export citation  
     
    Bookmark   8 citations  
  5.  37
    Conceptual Barriers to Progress Within Evolutionary Biology.Kevin N. Laland, John Odling-Smee, Marcus W. Feldman & Jeremy Kendal - 2009 - Foundations of Science 14 (3):195-216.
    In spite of its success, Neo-Darwinism is faced with major conceptual barriers to further progress, deriving directly from its metaphysical foundations. Most importantly, neo-Darwinism fails to recognize a fundamental cause of evolutionary change, “niche construction”. This failure restricts the generality of evolutionary theory, and introduces inaccuracies. It also hinders the integration of evolutionary biology with neighbouring disciplines, including ecosystem ecology, developmental biology, and the human sciences. Ecology is forced to become a divided discipline, developmental biology is stubbornly difficult to reconcile (...)
    Direct download (7 more)  
     
    Export citation  
     
    Bookmark   9 citations  
  6.  15
    The Driving Forces of Cultural Complexity.Laurel Fogarty, Joe Yuichiro Wakano, Marcus W. Feldman & Kenichi Aoki - 2017 - Human Nature 28 (1):39-52.
    No categories
    Direct download (2 more)  
     
    Export citation  
     
    Bookmark   3 citations  
  7.  31
    Marriage, Health, and Old-Age Support: Risk to Rural Involuntary Bachelors’ Family Development in Contemporary China.Yang Meng, Bo Yang, Shuzhuo Li & Marcus W. Feldman - 2021 - Asian Bioethics Review 13 (1):77-89.
    In the traditional system of Chinese families, individuals are embedded in the institution of the family with defined obligations to enhance family development. As a consequence of the male-biased sex ratio at birth in China since the 1980s, an increasing number of surplus rural males have been affected by a marriage squeeze becoming involuntary bachelors. Under China’s universal heterosexual marriage tradition, family development of rural involuntary bachelors has largely been ignored, but in China’s gender-imbalanced society, it is necessary to adopt (...)
    No categories
    Direct download (2 more)  
     
    Export citation  
     
    Bookmark   1 citation  
  8.  21
    A Genetic Simulated Annealing Algorithm to Optimize the Small-World Network Generating Process.Haifeng Du, Jiarui Fan, Xiaochen He & Marcus W. Feldman - 2018 - Complexity 2018:1-12.
    No categories
    Direct download (2 more)  
     
    Export citation  
     
    Bookmark   1 citation  
  9.  47
    The Cultural and Demographic Evolution of Son Preference and Marriage Type in Contemporary China.Laurel Fogarty & Marcus W. Feldman - 2011 - Biological Theory 6 (3):272-282.
    A skew in sex ratio at birth occurs across much of Asia and North Africa. The resulting gender imbalance in favor of men in the adult population causes a number of serious social problems, including increased violence against women and an increasing number of “forced bachelors” in many areas. Here we concentrate on the sex ratio at birth in China and model two causal factors specific to Chinese culture: a traditional preference for sons over daughters and a preference for brides (...)
    Direct download (3 more)  
     
    Export citation  
     
    Bookmark   2 citations  
  10.  76
    Niche construction earns its keep.Kevin N. Laland, John Odling-Smee & Marcus W. Feldman - 2000 - Behavioral and Brain Sciences 23 (1):164-172.
    Our response contains a definition of niche construction, illustrations of how it changes the evolutionary process, and clarifications of our conceptual model. We argue that the introduction of niche construction into evolutionary thinking earns its keep; we illustrate this argument in our discussion of rates of genetic and cultural evolution, memes and phenogenotypes, creativity, the EEA (environment of evolutionary adaptedness), and group selection.
    Direct download (5 more)  
     
    Export citation  
     
    Bookmark   3 citations  
  11.  43
    A genetic algorithm with local search strategy for improved detection of community structure.Shuzhuo Li, Yinghui Chen, Haifeng Du & Marcus W. Feldman - 2010 - Complexity 15 (4):NA-NA.
    No categories
    Direct download  
     
    Export citation  
     
    Bookmark   2 citations  
  12.  15
    Drowning in shallow causality.Hao Shen & Marcus W. Feldman - 2023 - Behavioral and Brain Sciences 46:e199.
    It has been known for decades that inference concerning genetic causes of human behavioral phenotypes cannot be legitimately made from correlations among relatives. We claim that these inferential difficulties cannot be overcome by assigning different names to causes inferred from within-family and population-level genome-wide association studies (GWASs). For educational attainment, for example, unraveling gene–environment interactions requires more than new names for causes.
    Direct download (2 more)  
     
    Export citation  
     
    Bookmark  
  13.  58
    Group selection: A niche construction perspective.Kevin N. Laland, F. John Odling-Smee & Marcus W. Feldman - 2000 - Journal of Consciousness Studies 7 (1-2):1-2.
    Group selection, as advocated by Sober and Wilson, is theoretically plausible, although it remains an open question as to what extent it occurs in nature. If group selection has operated in hominids, it is likely to have selected cultural not genetic variation. A focus on niche construction helps delineate the conditions under which cooperation is favoured. Group selection may favour between-group conflict as well as within-group cooperation.
    Direct download  
     
    Export citation  
     
    Bookmark   2 citations  
  14.  21
    On the evolution of recombination in haploids and diploids: II. Stochastic models.Aviv Bergman, Sarah P. Otto & Marcus W. Feldman - 1995 - Complexity 1 (2):49-57.
    No categories
    Direct download  
     
    Export citation  
     
    Bookmark  
  15.  20
    On the evolution of recombination in haploids and diploids: I. Deterministic models.Aviv Bergman, Sarah P. Otto & Marcus W. Feldman - 1995 - Complexity 1 (1):57-67.
    Direct download  
     
    Export citation  
     
    Bookmark  
  16.  12
    Algorithms, genetics, and populations: The schemata theorem revisited.Freddy Bugge Christiansen & Marcus W. Feldman - 1998 - Complexity 3 (3):57-64.
    No categories
    Direct download  
     
    Export citation  
     
    Bookmark   1 citation  
  17.  63
    An algorithm for detecting community structure of social networks based on prior knowledge and modularity.Haifeng Du, Marcus W. Feldman, Shuzhuo Li & Xiaoyi Jin - 2007 - Complexity 12 (3):53-60.
  18.  17
    Structural balance in fully signed networks.Haifeng Du, Xiaochen He & Marcus W. Feldman - 2016 - Complexity 21 (S1):497-511.
    No categories
    Direct download  
     
    Export citation  
     
    Bookmark  
  19.  21
    On the complexity of cultural transmission and evolution.Marcus W. Feldman, Luigi L. Cavalli-Sforza & Lev A. Zhivotovsky - forthcoming - Complexity.
    No categories
    Direct download  
     
    Export citation  
     
    Bookmark  
  20.  18
    Differential application of cultural practices at the family and individual levels may alter heritability estimates.Oren Kolodny, Marcus W. Feldman, Arnon Lotem & Yoav Ram - 2022 - Behavioral and Brain Sciences 45:e167.
    Uchiyama et al. emphasize that culture evolves directionally and differentially as a function of selective pressures in different populations. Extending these principles to the level of families, lineages, and individuals exposes additional challenges to estimating heritability. Cultural traits expressed differentially as a function of the genetics whose influence they mask or unmask render inseparable the influences of culture and genetics.
    Direct download (2 more)  
     
    Export citation  
     
    Bookmark  
  21.  25
    Beyond uncertainty: A broader scope for “incentive hope” mechanisms and its implications.Omer Linkovski, Noam Weinbach, Shimon Edelman, Marcus W. Feldman, Arnon Lotem & Oren Kolodny - 2019 - Behavioral and Brain Sciences 42.
    We propose that food-related uncertainty is but one of multiple cues that predicts harsh conditions and may activate “incentive hope.” An evolutionarily adaptive response to these would have been to shift to a behavioral-metabolic phenotype geared toward facing hardship. In modernity, this phenotype may lead to pathologies such as obesity and hoarding. Our perspective suggests a novel therapeutic approach.
    No categories
    Direct download (2 more)  
     
    Export citation  
     
    Bookmark  
  22.  7
    A Mixability Theory for the Role of Sex in Evolution.Adi Livnat, Christos Papadimitriou, Jonathan Dushoff & Marcus W. Feldman - 2008 - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 (50):19803–19808.
    The question of what role sex plays in evolution is still open despite decades of research. It has often been assumed that sex should facilitate the increase in fitness. Hence, the fact that it may break down highly favorable genetic combinations has been seen as a problem. Here, we consider an alternative approach. We define a measure that represents the ability of alleles to perform well across different combinations and, using numerical iterations within a classical population-genetic framework, show that selection (...)
    Direct download  
     
    Export citation  
     
    Bookmark  
  23.  21
    The evolution of cooperation on the internet.Adi Livnat & Marcus W. Feldman - 2001 - Complexity 6 (6):19-23.
    Direct download  
     
    Export citation  
     
    Bookmark  
  24.  97
    On the breadth and significance of niche construction: A reply to Griffiths, Okasha and Sterelny. [REVIEW]Kevin N. Laland, John Odling-Smee & Marcus W. Feldman - 2005 - Biology and Philosophy 20 (1):37-55.