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Understanding the changes that have occurred during an organism's evolution can reveal the genes needed to construct parts of the body, genes which may be involved in human genetic disorders. [242] For example, the Mexican tetra is an albino cavefish that lost its eyesight during evolution.
Evolution then works upon these stages to ensure that an organism adapts to its environment. [5] For example, a human, between being born and reaching adulthood, will pass through an assortment of life stages, which include: birth, infancy, weaning, childhood and growth, adolescence, sexual maturation, and reproduction.
Evolution of morality – Emergence of human moral behavior over the course of human evolution; Evolution of schizophrenia – theories on how natural selection effected the mental disorder; Evolutionary aesthetics – Evolutionary psychology theories; Evolutionary approaches to depression
Human evolutionary developmental biology or informally human evo-devo is the human-specific subset of evolutionary developmental biology.Evolutionary developmental biology is the study of the evolution of developmental processes across different organisms.
Evolution is the central unifying concept in biology. Biology can be divided into various ways. One way is by the level of biological organization, from molecular to cell, organism to population.
Human behavioral ecology (HBE) or human evolutionary ecology applies the principles of evolutionary theory and optimization to the study of human behavioral and cultural diversity. HBE examines the adaptive design of traits , behaviors , and life histories of humans in an ecological context.
In biology, evolution is the process of change in all forms of life over generations, and evolutionary biology is the study of how evolution occurs. Biological populations evolve through genetic changes that correspond to changes in the organisms' observable traits.
Evolutionary approaches to human behavior were, and to some extent continue to be, considered a form of genetic determinism and dismissive of the role of culture and experience in shaping human behavior (see Standard social science model). [5] [17]