Elisabeth S. Vrba (born May 17, 1942) is a paleontologist at Yale University who developed the turnover-pulse hypothesis. Vrba earned her Ph.D. in Zoology...
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developed. The term "exaptation" was proposed by Stephen Jay Gould and Elisabeth Vrba as a replacement for "pre-adaptation", which they considered to be a...
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The turnover-pulse hypothesis, formulated by paleontologist Elisabeth Vrba, suggests that major changes to the climate or ecosystem often result in a period...
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include: Cenek J. Vrba (born 1947), Czechoslovak violinist and concertmaster Elisabeth Vrba (born 1942), American paleontologist Ivan Vrba (born 1977), Czech...
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by paleontologists in the early 1970's, in particular CK Brain and Elisabeth Vrba. A 2008 article in Nature by Dan Jones stated, "A growing number of...
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subfamilies. In 2000, American biologist George Schaller and palaeontologist Elisabeth Vrba suggested the inclusion of Pelea in Reduncinae, though the grey rhebok...
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Martin Hinrich Carl Lichtenstein in 1812. In 1984, palaeontologist Elisabeth Vrba opined that the impala is a sister taxon to the alcelaphines, given...
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co-opted features, he coined the term exaptation with paleontologist Elisabeth Vrba. Gould believed this feature of human mentality undermines an essential...
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changes "spandrels" after an architectural feature. Later, Gould and Elisabeth Vrba discussed the acquisition of new functions by novel structures arising...
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Alcelaphus and placed in the family Bovidae. In 1979, palaeontologist Elisabeth Vrba supported Sigmoceros as a separate genus for Lichtenstein's hartebeest...
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"exaptation," originally coined by paleontologists Stephen J. Gould and Elisabeth Vrba, is borrowed from evolutionary biology. It describes how certain features...
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Othniel Charles Marsh, R.S. Lull, George Gaylord Simpson, John Ostrom, Elisabeth Vrba, and Jacques Gauthier), and the Hiram Bingham Collection of Incan artifacts...
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first hominin specimen (G14018) was found by German palaeontologist Elisabeth Vrba in 1979, and the other two specimens were recovered in 1997 by, respectively...
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Museum of Natural History. He did a 2-year post-doctoral fellowship with Elisabeth Vrba at Yale University and a 2-year post-doctoral fellowship with Andrew...
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hesitated to synonymise them. However, personal communications with Elisabeth Vrba suggest that he intended to at a later date. Gentry later did so, forming...
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refuted in the early 1970s by paleontologists, in particular CK Brain and Elisabeth Vrba. A 1996 article by anthropologist Glenn E. King suggested Ardrey was...
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Cape of Good Hope), while the specific name of the type species honors Elisabeth Vrba. The specific name of the second species honors Brett Thomas Gray, a...
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causation in evolutionary change" (p. 222). Likewise, the paleontologists Elisabeth Vrba and Niles Eldredge summarized this new developmentalist thinking by...
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cellular biologist Karen Vousden (born 1957), British cancer researcher Elisabeth Vrba (born 1942), South-African paleontologist Marvalee Wake (born 1939)...
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neuroscientist Lydia Villa-Komaroff (born 1947), American molecular biologist Elisabeth Vrba (born 1942), American paleontologist Nora Volkow (born 1956), Mexican-American...
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This pattern has also been labelled by the term 'turnover pulse' by Elisabeth Vrba. She documented gradual drop in temperature in now South Africa during...
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Volborth (Russia, 1800-1876) Giovanni Serafino Volta (Italy, 1764-1842) Elisabeth Vrba (United States, 1942- ) Vishnu-Mittre (India, 1924-1991) Charles Wachsmuth...
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Trowelblazers) Kamilla Vasil’evna Trever Magdolna Vicze Patricia Vinnicombe Elisabeth Vrba Helen Walcott (Burgess Shale Trowelblazers) Helena Walcott (Burgess...
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Maia, Gentry, Alan W., Geraads, Denis, Kostopoulos, Dimitris S., and Vrba, Elisabeth S., 2009. The Fossil Record and Evolution of Bovidae: State of the...
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Maia, Gentry, Alan W., Geraads, Denis, Kostopoulos, Dimitris S., and Vrba, Elisabeth S., 2009. The Fossil Record and Evolution of Bovidae: State of the...
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and waterbucks". www.ultimateungulate.com. Retrieved 2019-08-01. Vrba, Elisabeth S.; Bibi, Faysal; Costa, August G. (2015-07-04). "First Asian record...
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extending the temporal range of the genus, by over 300,000 years. Vrba, Elisabeth S.; Bibi, Faysal; Costa, August G. (2015-07-04). "First Asian record...
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noted at least as early as the 1970s and brought to the attention of Elisabeth Vrba and David Panagos at the (then) Transvaal Museum (now the Ditsong National...
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1111/eva.12017. PMC 3567475. PMID 23396760. "Group selection | biology". Vrba, Elisabeth S. (1984). "What is Species Selection?". Systematic Zoology. 33 (3):...
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