Evolutionary Biology
3 patterns in this domain
“Every lock breeds a better lockpick”
3/7 frontierAdversarial Coevolution
The cheetah is the fastest land animal on Earth — 70 mph in short bursts.
arms-raceevolutionsecurityadaptation
7 domains“Scatter many seeds, some will find soil”
3/8 frontierBet-Hedging
A salmon lays 3,000 to 5,000 eggs, each slightly different.
risk-managementdiversificationevolutionportfolio-theory
8 domains“It's believable because it's expensive”
3/7 frontierHonest Signaling
In 1975, Israeli biologist Amotz Zahavi proposed a radical idea that most evolutionary biologists initially rejected: the peacock's tail is not an accident of runaway sexual selection but a deliberate handicap that proves fitness.
signalingtrustevolutioneconomics
7 domains