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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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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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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"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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cellular biologist Karen Vousden (born 1957), British cancer researcher Elisabeth Vrba (born 1942), South-African paleontologist Marvalee Wake (born 1939)...
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