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occasional

Appearing or occurring irregularly and according to no fixed or certain scheme.


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Natural selection is proven wrong

... it fits into what I am here saying. From what I learned studying the C.elegans nematode the origin of sex seems to be based on the birth of an occasional male-only in an easily fertilized population who adds extra excitement to a normally very boring sex-life. Epigenetics may play a role by ...

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by GaryGaulin
Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:39 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
Replies: 82
Views: 2203

Re: Discuss monogamy & polygamy

Groups of humans do a lot of hunting and constructing that requires cooperative groups of males (as well as the occasional war). Primitive humans tend also to have very complex sharing rules - rather than every bit of food going into a communal pot, distribution favors working, ...

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by Darby
Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:09 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Discuss monogamy & polygamy
Replies: 14
Views: 4152

Controlling dreams

... that instead of gunning down the aliens or beating them with my fists, I could just dream about naked girls! Much more fun, even though an occasional action-packed, movie-like dream is great fun as well. Also, (this mainly happens close to the morning), I sometimes wake up in the middle ...

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by biohazard
Thu Oct 09, 2008 6:01 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Controlling dreams
Replies: 22
Views: 7251

The Circle of Life, or why Hamilton's rule is wrong.

... organism sometimes encounter a mutation that proves viable and creates a slightly changed living organism. The accumulation of mutations and occasional speciation causes organisms to evolve and diverge in time, and this creates the great complexity and variety of life we see around us. But ...

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by adriaanb
Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:48 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: The Circle of Life, or why Hamilton's rule is wrong.
Replies: 2
Views: 960

Re: In Vitro Meat - meat of the future?

... you could just attach your engineered "mini-meat" onto a some sort of a mechanical stretcher with electrical stimulus, give it an occasional twitch or two for exercise and watch your meat grow. Of course, you'd need to pump some hormones, growth factors and nutrients on it as well. ...

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by biohazard
Tue Mar 04, 2008 12:11 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: In Vitro Meat - meat of the future?
Replies: 1
Views: 410
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