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James Albert 🐟 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

@jamesal0410008

Professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at University of Louisiana at Lafayette

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The more things change.. β€œAnd I can see no reason why anyone should suppose that in the future the same motifs already heard will not be sounding still . . . put to use by reasonable men to reasonable ends, or by madmen to nonsense and disaster.” Joseph Campbell, 1969

The more things change.. 

β€œAnd I can see no reason why anyone should suppose that in the future the same motifs already heard will not be sounding still . . . put to use by reasonable men to reasonable ends, or by madmen to nonsense and disaster.” Joseph Campbell, 1969
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In 1938 Brazil was under a dictatorship called the Estado Novo (New State). GetΓΊlio Vargas dissolved the National Congress, suppressed political opposition, and used state propaganda to promote nationalism and a cult of personality. Dark days indeed.

In 1938 Brazil was under a dictatorship called the Estado Novo (New State). GetΓΊlio Vargas dissolved the National Congress, suppressed political opposition, and used state propaganda to promote nationalism and a cult of personality. Dark days indeed.
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La NiΓ±a conditions generally lead to increased hurricane activity in the Atlantic, potentially resulting in more frequent and intense storms.

La NiΓ±a conditions generally lead to increased hurricane activity in the Atlantic, potentially resulting in more frequent and intense storms.
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If you dig a bit - the species name boops (pronounced bow-ops) comes from the Greek words "bo" (meaning ox) and "ops" (meaning eye), referring to the relatively large eye compared to close relatives.

If you dig a bit - the species name boops (pronounced bow-ops) comes from the Greek words "bo" (meaning ox) and "ops" (meaning eye), referring to the relatively large eye compared to close relatives.
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This level of intricate detail puzzled the older morphologists trying to understand how genes make traits. The solution is that genes code the instructions for building phenotypes.

This level of intricate detail puzzled the older morphologists trying to understand how genes make traits. The solution is that genes code the instructions for building phenotypes.
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When naming new species, there's a premium on brevity, beauty, and using terms related to distinctive phenotypes, habitats, or biogeographic areas. Like the elegant Iracema caiana, an electric fish named for the mythical Brazilian founding mother.

When naming new species, there's a premium on brevity, beauty, and using terms related to distinctive phenotypes, habitats, or biogeographic areas. 

Like the elegant Iracema caiana, an electric fish named for the mythical Brazilian founding mother.
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If you read this article carefully it really does not refute the original claim about prefrontal cortex and disinhibition. If anything it just highlights how little was recorded about the case.

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After long and heated debate, current results suggest "Osteostraci" is an incorrect hypothesis. These clades before before the origin crown-Gnathostomata in the Silurian were vertebrates. bioone.org/journals/zoolo…

After long and heated debate, current results suggest "Osteostraci" is an incorrect hypothesis. These clades before before the origin crown-Gnathostomata in the Silurian were vertebrates. 

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