" According to Steven Pinker, EP is " not a single theory but a large set of hypotheses " and a term which " has also come to refer to a particular way of applying evolutionary theory to the mind, with an emphasis on adaptation, gene-level selection, and modularity.

The range of evolutionary theories during " the eclipse of Darwinism " included forms of " saltationism " in which new species were thought to arise through " jumps " rather than gradual adaptation, forms of orthogenesis claiming that species had an inherent tendency to change in a particular direction, and forms of neo-Lamarckism in which inheritance of acquired characteristics led to progress.

This particular adaptation, which used film footage of the city and stories from the community, was adapted and directed by Alan Lyddiard who then re-created it at Betty Nansen Theatre in Copenhagen in 2005.

The deep-sea angler fish in particular has a long fishing-rod-like adaptation protruding from its face, on the end of which is a bioluminescent piece of skin that wriggles like a worm to lure its prey.

This particular adaptation was heavily influenced by the commedia dell ' arte tradition, with a bare stage featuring clowns carrying props as required, whilst the first meeting of Katherina and Petruchio takes plays in a boxing ring.

Upon hearing of the planned film adaptation, the NAACP fought hard to require the film's producer and director to delete racial epithets from the film ( in particular the offensive slur " nigger ") and to alter scenes that might be incendiary and that, in their view, were historically inaccurate.

Supporting the Leach and Rubin arguments, Volcker testified that Congressional inaction had forced banking regulators and the courts to play “ catch-up ” with market developments by “ sometimes stretching established interpretations of law beyond recognition .” In 1997 Volcker testified this meant the “ Glass-Steagall separation of commercial and investment banking is now almost gone ” and that this “ accommodation and adaptation has been necessary and desirable .” He stated, however, that the “ ad hoc approach ” had created “ uneven results ” that created “ almost endless squabbling in the courts ” and an “ increasingly advantageous position competitively ” for “ some sectors of the financial service industry and particular institutions .” Similar to the GAO in 1988 and Representative Markey in 1990 Volcker asked that Congress “ provide clear and decisive leadership that reflects not parochial pleadings but the national interest .”

It is of concern then that causal and motivational mechanisms driving the process of cognitive closure may sometimes invite bias in: 1 ) selecting the most relevant information one should attend to for increasing chances of adaptation ; 2 ) initiating and sustaining cognitive manipulations that are required to achieve particular outcomes ; 3 ) making judgments and assessments of input information ; and 4 ) weighing information during the course of decision-making.

A two and a half hour maximum running time was also required but this was swiftly jettisoned when it became clear that the major tragedies in particular would have suffered severely if truncated too heavily ( Jane Howell's adaptation of Richard III would run nearly four hours ).

The subsequent 1964 film adaptation is one of the most notable films of the decade, in particular the famous image of the " golden girl ", portrayed by actress Shirley Eaton.

" A key point is that any particular human adaptation is in part historically inherited and involves the technologies, practices, and knowledge that allow people to live in an environment.

This began with the adaptation of the He 70 and, in particular, the He 111, to be used as bombers.

This has been questioned by later scholars as quite a stretch for Wallace, who in this particular instance abandoned his normally strict " adaptationist " agenda in asserting that the highly intricate and developed forms such as a peacock's tail resulted by sheer " physiological processes " that were somehow not at all subjected to adaptation.

Parazynski has numerous publications in the field of space physiology, and has a particular expertise in human adaptation to stressful environments.

This particular adaptation ( set on a Caribbean Island ) was re-transmitted on 06 / 01 / 2011 by BBC Radio 7 ( now Radio 4 Extra ).

Smiley was probably born around 1906 ( or 1915 on the revised chronology ) to middle class parents in the South of England, and attended a minor public school and an antiquated Oxford college of no real distinction ( in the 1982 BBC television adaptation of Smiley's People, he refers to himself as a fellow of Lincoln College ), studying modern languages with a particular focus on Baroque German literature.

The benefit of this activity is compounded by an adaptation in these particular flora that has selected for a resistance to fire.

Of particular note was their collaboration on an adaptation of George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, originally broadcast on 12 December 1954, regarded as Cartier's most famous work.

The majority of drawbacks of EMS vs traditional conferences or workshops have been overcome by technological progress or by adaptation of EMS to particular target groups and their dominant use cases:

My particular favorite is his intense adaptation of Paradise Lost, which never fails to instill a pervasive dread in my mind.

Birtwistle in particular felt that a new adaptation on film would serve the drama better than the previous videotaped Pride and Prejudice television adaptations, which looked too " undernourished " and " unpoetic ".

Each has a reputation for adaptation to particular soil types according to the traditional peasant soil classifications, e. g. heavy or light, warm or cold, dry or wet, strong or weak.

Though this dance traces its origins to Kūya, a tenth-century evangelist of Pure Land Buddhism, by Okuni's time it had become a largely secular folk dance, and her particular adaptation tended to be known for its sultriness and sexual innuendo.

( 1 ) A character, previously shaped by natural selection for a particular function ( an adaptation ), is coopted for a new use — cooptation.

The population consists of mixed European stock and Gypsies, in whose welfare von Doom takes a particular interest.

Here, domains act as modules, each with a particular and independent function, that can be mixed together to produce genes encoding new proteins with novel properties.

Here, domains act as modules, each with a particular and independent function, that can be mixed together to produce genes encoding new proteins with novel properties.

While the format has no particular standard identity, most " mix " stations have rotations consisting largely of pop and rock music from the 1980s and 1990s ( and often the 1970s ), with some current material mixed in.

A random variable can be " mixed ", with part of its probability spread out over an interval like a typical continuous variable, and part of it concentrated on particular values like a discrete variable.

All of the separate chemical compounds, minerals and water — which when piled together constitute the sum total of the actual physical matter of the human body — are not of themselves a human body, however much they may be physically compounded and mixed and rearranged in the laboratory, since they are still only a pile of organic chemicals, minerals and water in a particular complex configuration.

Her maternal grandparents were of mixed European and Eastern Cherokee ancestry ; of particular importance to her as a child was her grandfather, Calvin Clinton Copeland, who was a great source of inspiration and guidance to her as a young child, offering a more pantheistic spiritual alternative to her father and paternal grandmother's traditional Christianity.

This was achieved following a mixed pattern of file paths, in which every node could read both its particular and general cluster info from the very starting process.

In particular, Alec Nove's feasible socialism proposed a mixed economy consisting of state-run enterprises, autonomous publicly-owned firms, cooperatives, and small-scale private enterprise operating in an economy consisting of both markets and indirect macroeconomic planning.

" From 1999 – 2001, Western media reports on Falun Gong — and in particular, the mistreatment of practitioners — were frequent, if mixed.

However, the density operator of a mixed state does not capture all the information about a mixture ; in particular, the coefficients p < sub > j </ sub > and the kets ψ < sub > j </ sub > are not recoverable from the operator ρ without additional information.

A domestic long-haired cat cat of mixed ancestry – thus not belonging to any particular recognised cat breed – possessing a coat of semi-long to long fur.

British and Irish sausages are normally made from raw pork or beef mixed with a variety of herbs and spices and cereals, many recipes of which are traditionally associated with particular regions ( for example Cumberland sausages ).

The neighborhood is built on land formerly used for orange groves and named after the tangelo, a particular hybrid of citrus that mixed tangerines and pomelos.

Some of the films got mixed reactions from critics ; Robin Hood, in particular, was widely criticized for re-use of animation from earlier films ( especially in the production number " The Phony King of England "), but this was done because the film had fallen way behind schedule.

A domestic short-haired cat cat of mixed ancestry – thus not belonging to any particular recognised cat breed – possessing a coat of short fur.

These mixed metaphors present Paphlagonian as a versatile form of comic evil whose relevance transcends any particular place or time.

The area was given the designation in 1977 for its biological interest, in particular its wide range of habitats, including open water, tall fen, reed swamp, carr and mixed deciduous woodland.

Despite receiving mixed reviews from music critics, the album finally broke Bad Religion into mainstream audiences and got their highest U. S. chart position to date, debuting at No. 14 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart, with " American Jesus " and " Struck a Nerve " in particular becoming major rock radio hits at their time.

In this form, the Hot Bar can be prepared according to any particular vendor's ' secret ' recipe: plain, mixed with vegetables such as diced carrot or whole perilla leaf, or served with any number of sauces or condiments such as ketchup or mustard.

Here, domains act as modules, each with a particular and independent function, that can be mixed together to produce genes encoding new proteins with novel properties.

In particular, he was the favourite engineer of Henry " Junjo " Lawes, for whom he mixed several albums featuring the Roots Radics, many based on tracks by Barrington Levy.

In particular the Métis population may be far higher than the official numbers state, due to earlier racism causing people to historically hide their mixed heritage.

This received a mixed reaction, with criticism directed in particular at the use of the word " quarter " as opposed to " centre ".