Universität Wien

300132 SE Basics and current progress in theory of evolution (2022W)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
VOR-ORT
Moodle

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 30 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

The seminar will be held in person in the seminar room 1.2 of the UBB, Djerassiplatz 1.

  • Montag 10.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1.2, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.004, Ebene 1
  • Montag 17.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1.2, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.004, Ebene 1
  • Montag 24.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1.2, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.004, Ebene 1
  • Montag 31.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1.2, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.004, Ebene 1
  • Montag 07.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1.2, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.004, Ebene 1
  • Montag 14.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1.2, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.004, Ebene 1
  • Montag 21.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1.2, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.004, Ebene 1
  • Montag 28.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1.2, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.004, Ebene 1
  • Montag 05.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1.2, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.004, Ebene 1
  • Montag 12.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1.2, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.004, Ebene 1
  • Montag 09.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1.2, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.004, Ebene 1
  • Montag 16.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1.2, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.004, Ebene 1
  • Montag 23.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1.2, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.004, Ebene 1
  • Montag 30.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1.2, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.004, Ebene 1

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

The seminar focuses on a particular topic in evolutionary theory each semester and aims to illuminate it using a series of papers, including classical seminal papers that have set the stage as well as recent developments. In the WS, we will focus on biocultural evolution and gene-culture coevolution in humans.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Each student gives a seminar on one of the papers from the list. Reading of all papers is however required in order to participate in the discussion. Discussion and presentation are in English.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Presentation and discussion.

Prüfungsstoff

Literatur

Laland, K. N., Odling-Smee, J., & Feldman, M. W. (2001). Cultural niche construction and human evolution. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 14(1), 22-33. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1420-9101.2001.00262

Creanza, N., Kolodny, O., & Feldman, M. W. (2017). Cultural evolutionary theory: How culture evolves and why it matters. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(30), 7782-7789. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1620732114

Whitehead, H., Laland, K. N., Rendell, L., Thorogood, R., & Whiten, A. (2019). The reach of gene–culture coevolution in animals. Nature Communications, 10(1), 1-10.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10293-y

Mitteroecker, P. (2019). How human bodies are evolving in modern societies. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 3(3), 324-326. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0773-2

Laland, K. N. (2008). Exploring gene–culture interactions: insights from handedness, sexual selection and niche-construction case studies. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 363(1509), 3577-3589. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2008.0132

Danchin, É., Charmantier, A., Champagne, F. A., Mesoudi, A., Pujol, B., & Blanchet, S. (2011). Beyond DNA: integrating inclusive inheritance into an extended theory of evolution. Nature Reviews Genetics, 12(7), 475-486. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrg3028

Laland, K. N., Odling-Smee, J., & Myles, S. (2010). How culture shaped the human genome: bringing genetics and the human sciences together. Nature Reviews Genetics, 11(2), 137-148. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrg2734

Ready, E., & Price, M. H. (2021). Human behavioral ecology and niche construction. Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews, 30(1), 71-83. https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.21885

O'Brien, M. J., & Bentley, R. A. (2021). Genes, culture, and the human niche: An overview. Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews, 30(1), 40-49. https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.21865.

Richerson, P. J., Boyd, R., & Henrich, J. (2010). Gene-culture coevolution in the age of genomics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107(supplement_2), 8985-8992. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0914631107.

Feldman, M. W., & Cavalli-Sforza, L. L. (1975). Models for cultural inheritance: a general linear model. Annals of Human Biology, 2(3), 215-226. https://doi.org/10.1080/03014467500000791

Whitehead, H. (2017). Gene–culture coevolution in whales and dolphins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(30), 7814-7821. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1620736114

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

MAN 3, M-WZB, MZO W-4

Letzte Änderung: Mo 23.01.2023 14:09