Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I explore the emerging belief that humans ...

Here, we introduce an approach that combines evolutionary theory and network theory to evaluate how direct and indirect effects shape trait evolution in mutualistic networks. Using a single-trait ...

Most coevolutionary theory has focused on cases in which the interaction rate between two species is governed by a single trait in each species 9 (but see refs 10–12). In nature, however, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Advertisement calls of closely related species often differ in quantitative features such as the repetition rate of signal units. These ...

A recent study involving Central European University (CEU) is paving the way for a new field of research that merges artificial intelligence and complexity science to understand how ongoing ...

According to a new study, the first louse to take up residence on a mammalian host likely started out as a parasite of birds. That host-jumping event tens of millions of years ago began the long ...

It has been suggested that the human species may be undergoing an evolutionary transition in individuality (ETI). But there is disagreement about how to apply the ETI framework to our species, and ...

Researchers studied two Colombian villages and discovered that the risk of gastric cancer (caused by Helicobacter pylori bacteria) depends on both the ancestry of the person and the ancestry of the ...