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

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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