08 JAN 2013 by ideonexus

 Evolutionary Biology and the Punk Scene

Evolutionary biology historically has focused on a particular kind of change in heritable traits. Some traits enable an organism to have more offspring than other organisms in a population. In this way, a heritable trait can become more abundant in the next generation. It's a simiple numbers game. New traits appear first in a single organism (like the debut songs on a pioneering punk album). But they can appear in increasing numbers of organisms with each :h new generation if they help organi...
Folksonomies: evolution memetics
Folksonomies: evolution memetics
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An interesting comparison, that demonstrates the natural selection of memes in culture works the same as genes in biological fitness.