It was my pleasure (and pride) to host the #EvolutionEvolving book launch at the #KLI!

A new vision for how evolution works is long overdue The idea that evolution is driven by an organism’s development — not just the natural selection of its genes — challenges a dearly held orthodoxy among evolutionary biologists.

Eva Jablonka on #EvolutionEvolving @nature.com

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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#evolution #evobio #philbio #philsky

Hope you guys aren't sick of all the publicity yet, but this really is an important book to read. A comprehensive account of the role of development in evolution from core members of the EES research program. #EvolutionEvolving

Picture frame of pencil sketch of book cover titled Evolution Evolving sitting next to a hardcopy book titled "Konrad Lorenz" on a white indoor windowsill.

Wonderful souvenirs from the #EvolutionEvolving book launch at the KLI, Klosterneuburg, Austria. Student of Kevin Lala (I shall get a name soon) drew sketches of the authors & the book-- I got the book!! Historian Klaus Taschwer gifted me a signed copy of his latest book on Konrad Lorenz w/B Föger.

"Evolution Evolving" book cover page, is white, green, yellow, black, and white colors, and five authors' names are also on the cover. Two separate images of a mouse and a fish drawn in black and white depict them within their environment.

A thread for the reviews of the book

"Evolution Evolving: The Developmental Origins of Adaptation and Biodiversity"

by Lala et al.

Please add if you know of any.

Also would love any discussion of the book here.

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#EES #EvolutionEvolving #EvolBio #EvoBio

Reading 3 Kevin Lala interviews before the book launch of #EvolutionEvolving. Links in thread.

1)at Dialectical Systems, he talks about his & NCT/EES's relationship with philosophy & #philbio

2)in Reflections of Papers Past, he revisits the landmark 2015 EES paper

3)at Iconema, he gets personal

OK but can devo principles help us *predict* evolutionary trajectories? Teeth and toes are classic models in evodevo.

Let's hear Kevin talk about rodents’ teeth and raptors’ toes!
#EvolutionEvolving #EESstories

www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9lg...

Let's talk about plasticity-led evolution & genes as followers, not (always) leaders.

Blind fish and their caves #EvolutionEvolving #EESstories
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FwQ...

Development is not just a product of evolution. Devo can also guide evo, a central premise of the book.

Enter lessons from domestication. Domestic dogs & docile pigs: Why curly tails & floppy ears are found with gentle ways #EvolutionEvolving #EESstories

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVaJ...

Desert woodrats is a cute story about how our exponentially growing knowledge of what the gut bacteria can do is rewriting how we think of inheritance and evolution. #EvolutionEvolving #EESstories

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBOv...

Whales and their tales talks about animal culture and how it directs their evolution. Yes, animal cultures can drive their evolution! #EvolutionEvolving #EESstories

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPxi...

See www.evolutionevolving.org for details... and a word about how cool the site is!

Kevin Lala collaborated with a wonderful illustrator & #scicomm agency Design Science to tell five animated stories about the principles of devo/behavior/plasticity/symbiosis-led evolution. #EvolutionEvolving

Book launch of "Evolution Evolving" @eesupdate.bsky.social at KLI Austria next week! Register to attend the hybrid event. Talks by Kevin Lala, Gerd Müller, Tim Lewens, followed by panel discussion with the 5 authors (moderated by yours truly). #EvolutionEvolving

This is THE EES book, folks!

So honored to be invited to chair the panel discussion with the authors of #EvolutionEvolving! I'll also be involved in a series of interview videos.

Looking forward to coming straight back from maternity leave to the heart of eco-evo-devo & EES research.

Philosophy in ‘Evolution Evolving’ - Dialectical Systems No field showcases the virtues of philosophy of biology more effectively than evolutionary science (although I recently learned from Gregory Rupik, 2024, that this observation is not necessarily a vir...

📚 Kevin Lala on how philosophical collaborations shaped his upcoming book 'Evolution Evolving', the story behind it and the future of evolutionary biology🧬

dialecticalsystems.eu/contribution...

#EvolutionEvolving #PhilosophyInScience #EvolutionaryBiology #BiologyAndPhilosophy