Life history theory (LHT) is an analytical framework designed to study the diversity of life history strategies used by different organisms throughout...

Look up life history in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Life history may refer to: Life history theory, a theory of biological evolution that seeks to...

life-history paradigm has replaced the r/K selection paradigm, but continues to incorporate its important themes as a subset of life history theory....

The history of life on Earth traces the processes by which living and extinct organisms evolved, from the earliest emergence of life to the present day...

the basic unit of reproduction. Cell theory has traditionally been accepted as the governing theory of all life, but some biologists consider non-cellular...

The great man theory is an approach to the study of history popularised in the 19th century according to which history can be largely explained by the...

Pioneers of gravitational theory It is first given by Indians and Newtown copied it.In physics, theories of gravitation postulate mechanisms of interaction...

either as a superseded scientific theory, or as a pseudoscience since the mid-20th century. Vitalism has a long history in medical philosophies: many traditional...

"Correlational and factor analytic support for Rushton's differential K life history theory". Personality and Individual Differences. 45 (6): 440–444. doi:10...

human life, which usually spans around 85 years, although some saecula have lasted longer). The theory states that a crisis recurs in American history after...

Attachment theory, originating in the work of John Bowlby, is a psychological, evolutionary and ethological theory that provides a descriptive and explanatory...

The germ theory of disease is the currently accepted scientific theory for many diseases. It states that microorganisms known as pathogens or "germs"...

The history of electromagnetic theory begins with ancient measures to understand atmospheric electricity, in particular lightning. People then had little...

predicted a number of sex differences in human mating psychologies. Life history theory helps to explain differences in timing of sexual relationships, quantity...

The history of group theory, a mathematical domain studying groups in their various forms, has evolved in various parallel threads. There are three historical...

transition from a "pre-modern" or "traditional" to a "modern" society. The theory particularly focuses on the internal factors of a country while assuming...

The history of the Big Bang theory began with the Big Bang's development from observations and theoretical considerations. Much of the theoretical work...

The life course approach, also known as the life course perspective or life course theory, refers to an approach developed in the 1960s for analyzing...

The theory of relativity usually encompasses two interrelated physics theories by Albert Einstein: special relativity and general relativity, proposed...

Coleridge's theory of life is an attempt by Samuel Taylor Coleridge to understand not just inert or still nature, but also vital nature. He examines this...

(discriminative choice of mating partners). Life history theory (that includes Parental Investment Theory) provides an explanation for the above mechanisms...

human history as progressing in some new, unique direction(s), sociological cycle theory argues that events and stages of society and history generally...

Biology Emeritus at Yale University. He is known for his work in life history theory and evolutionary medicine. Stearns was born in Kapaau, Hawaii and...

The history of research into the origin of life encompasses theories about how life began, from ancient times with the philosophy of Aristotle through...

Karl Marx's Theory of History: A Defence is a 1978 book by the philosopher G. A. Cohen, the culmination of his attempts to reformulate Karl Marx's doctrines...

to Life History Theory, these finding have been explained by suggesting that males who experienced psychosocial stress early in life have short life histories...

to human life history evolution, but Rushton does not apply the theory correctly, and displays a lack of understanding of evolutionary theory in general...

harsh environments occupied only by extremophiles. Life has been studied since ancient times, with theories such as Empedocles's materialism asserting that...

Historical materialism is Karl Marx's theory of history. Marx located historical change in the rise of class societies and the way humans labor together...

Teachers of History proposing a theory of history based on the second law of thermodynamics and on the principle of entropy. The 1944 book What is Life? by Nobel-laureate...