In a recent paper published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, KLI Senior Fellow Mauricio González-Forero and KLI alumna Aida Gómez-Robles (University College London) discuss a new explanation for evolution of large brain size in humans. Using in-silico experiments done in an evo-devo mathematical model that replicates major patterns of human development and evolution, Mauricio and Aida explain that brain size in humans, hitherto thought to be one of the greatest adaptations of all, instead evolves in the model as an evolutionary by-product of selection for reproductive capacity. (Click on the title to read more.)
In a recent paper published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, KLI Senior Fellow Mauricio González-Forero and KLI alumna Aida Gómez-Robles (University College London) discuss a new explanation for evolution of large brain size in humans. Using in-silico experiments done in an evo-devo mathematical model that replicates major patterns of human development and evolution, Mauricio and Aida explain that brain size in humans, hitherto thought to be one of the greatest adaptations of all, instead evolves in the model as an evolutionary by-product of selection for reproductive capacity. (Click on the title to read more.)
The 43rd Altenberg Workshop in Theoretical Biology, “The Waddingtonian Landscape: Rediscovering Conrad Hal Waddington's Legacies in Biology and Beyond” (June 17–20, 2025), was devoted to the life and work of the British polymath Conrad Hal Waddington on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his passing (1975–2025). Organized by Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda (KU Leuven) and Francisco Vergara-Silva (National Autonomous University of Mexico), the workshop brought together philosophers of biology, evolutionary biologists, theoretical biologists, social scientists, historians of science, and historians of architecture from diverse backgrounds to offer the first interdisciplinary, critical reappraisal of Waddington’s lifelong work.
The 43rd Altenberg Workshop in Theoretical Biology, “The Waddingtonian Landscape: Rediscovering Conrad Hal Waddington's Legacies in Biology and Beyond” (June 17–20, 2025), was devoted to the life and work of the British polymath Conrad Hal Waddington on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his passing (1975–2025). Organized by Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda (KU Leuven) and Francisco Vergara-Silva (National Autonomous University of Mexico), the workshop brought together philosophers of biology, evolutionary biologists, theoretical biologists, social scientists, historians of science, and historians of architecture from diverse backgrounds to offer the first interdisciplinary, critical reappraisal of Waddington’s lifelong work.
