Comments on: Book review – The Evolutionary Origins of Life and Death

By: satyam rastogi

satyam rastogi — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 17:39:16 +0000

Nice post 🌅🌅

By: Book review – Biocivilisations: A New Look at the Science of Life | The Inquisitive Biologist

Fri, 31 May 2024 11:43:09 +0000

[…] Lynn Margulis’s theory of endosymbiosis. Other ideas are more unconventional. When reviewing The Evolutionary Origins of Life and Death, I put a prominent mental pin into the potentially provocative notion of teleonomy. (My uneducated […]

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By: inquisitivebiologist

inquisitivebiologist — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 08:51:52 +0000

In reply to joshmitteldorf.

Thanks Josh. I have this book on my shelves here, though I admit I have not yet had the opportunity to read it.

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By: joshmitteldorf

joshmitteldorf — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 03:40:17 +0000

Eight years ago, I wrote a book with what I claim is a broader view of this question. The idea that evolution is explained by “selfish genes” was always a misconception. Evolution takes place at the level of families, communities, species, and whole ecosystems. It’s a truly complex system.

http://tinyurl.com/sciblogpref

For animals in particular the fact that every animal depends on a population of plants or other animals to eat ties these animals’ fate together as a community. This is sufficient to explain the biology of aging and death.

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By: Bob Walker

Bob Walker — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 12:08:35 +0000

Good to see your mention of purpose
Any link to agency or is that too higher in evolution
Bob Walker

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By: Book review – The Cheating Cell: How Evolution Helps Us Understand and Treat Cancer | The Inquisitive Biologist

Fri, 09 Feb 2024 15:59:01 +0000

[…] to form a multicellular organism. They divide out of control, they refuse to self-destruct via programmed cell death (apoptosis), they hog the body’s resources, they do not stick to their assigned job, and they trash their […]

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By: Book review – The Biology of Death: How Dying Shapes Cells, Organisms, & Populations | The Inquisitive Biologist

Fri, 09 Feb 2024 15:57:21 +0000

[…] has thus never been a topic I shy away from. Two recent books, The Biology of Death (2022), and The Evolutionary Origins of Life and Death (first published in 2020), provided the perfect excuse to indulge my morbid […]

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