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Life instinct

Life instinct

The instinct of self-preservation and sexual procreation; the basic urge toward preservation of the species.

Synonym: sexual instinct.


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Re: Animal Behaviour

... parents had taught them and base on what thay have learned in thier life what do you think? Here's a question for that theory: How does a male ... Natural scientists seem to want to all avoid the use of the term, "instinct." Nevertheless, it is better than resorting to "genetic-based ...

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by charles brough
Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:19 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Animal Behaviour
Replies: 18
Views: 4731

Re: Bible vs Darwin

... "breathe" through their intestinal lining as an adaptation to life in poorly-oxygenated water. Lungs were probably very common in early ... caused lungfish to mutate, evolve lungs, and at the same time mutate an instinct (information) to stay in potentially stagnate or low O2 areas? Somewhere ...

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by AFJ
Fri Feb 27, 2009 4:25 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Bible vs Darwin
Replies: 293
Views: 30211

sex orientation

Definitely hormones and what is left of whatever natural instinct that we possess. Same goes for playing, most every baby creature on Earth plays as it prepares them for their life later on. If you need more, check out google or wikipedia.

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by chaosangel13
Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:56 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: sex orientation
Replies: 14
Views: 1790

from a friend

... 'autoinducer-2,' laughs Bassler. "You can boil down 15 years of my life into this one little five-carbon molecule." The idea that bacteria ... she does first-rate molecular genetics. Second, she's got a wonderful instinct about the biology of microorganisms. And third, she's a gifted ...

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by RANDY
Fri Jun 16, 2006 11:06 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
Replies: 7403
Views: 748706

Origins of life

... disorder. Since Biology and Physics work together it seems clear that life could not have truly been an accident. But then we come back to the ... image they are a little above the animals. Humans can choose between instinct and love.

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by Linn
Mon Mar 13, 2006 10:07 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Origins of life
Replies: 322
Views: 35396
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