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Intro -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- Reticulate Evolution Everywhere -- Abstract -- 1 Reticulate Evolution: Patterns, Processes, Mechanisms -- 1.1 Symbiosis -- 1.2 Symbiogenesis -- 1.3 Horizontal or Lateral Gene Transfer -- 1.4 Hybridization -- 1.5 Infectious Heredity in Health, Disease and Evolution -- 2 Introduction to the Chapters -- 3 Reticulate Evolution, the Modern, and the Extended Synthesis -- References -- Symbiosis-Evolution's Co-Author -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Symbiosis -- 3 Algal Phylogeny: Showcase for Genetic Novelty Through Symbiosis -- 4 Outdated Symbiosis Definition -- 5 Symbiosis Redefined More Concretely and as a Better Reality Fit -- 6 Ecosystem Thinking Replaces Compartmentalizing -- 7 Symbiogenesis Rooted in Lamarck, Darwin, and Kozo-Polyansky -- 8 Holobiont Selection Allows for More Rapid Adaptation and Greater Fitness -- 9 Symbiogenic Foundation of Earth Biomes -- 10 Anthropogenic Threats to Holobiont Global Ecology -- 11 Symbiosis as an Ancient Strategy in Evolution -- 12 The Human Microbiome: A Centerpiece of Symbiogenesis -- 13 Summary -- 14 Epilogue: The Insightful Proponent of Symbiogenesis and the Concept of the Holobiont, Lynn Margulis -- References -- Can We Understand Evolution Without Symbiogenesis? -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Roots and Paths of Symbiogenesis -- 3 The "Big One" and the Concept of the Symbiogenic Superorganism -- 4 The Symbiogenic Theory of Evolution -- 5 Conclusion -- 6 Main Milestones in Symbiogenic Studies Until 2003 -- References -- Novel Endosymbioses as a Catalyst of Fast Speciation -- Abstract -- 1 Endosymbiosis in a Symbiotic World -- 2 Widespread Co-evolution Between Endosymbionts and Multicellular Hosts -- 3 Fitness Consequences of the Presence of Facultative Endosymbionts.

Language research is currently in a state of flux. The phenomenon of language is not merely the topic of investigation in linguistics, it is examined by a multitude of scholars with different scientific backgrounds. In order to examine how these various disciplines approach language, a think-tank was founded in 2002, called DITO, Dynamisch Inter(-en trans)disciplinair onderzoek, or Dynamic Inter- (and trans)disciplinary Research. The think-tank is located at the Belgian Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Free University of Brussels). This book provides short introductory articles to the language research conducted by some of the think-tank's most important members, from within the point of view of the following 5 disciplines: philosophy of evolutionary biology, cognitive science, neuroscience, sign language research and artificial intelligence.

The Oxford Handbook of Human Symbolic Evolution explores the origins of our characteristically human abilities - our ability to speak, create images, play music, and read and write. The book investigates how symbolization evolved in human evolution and how symbolism is expressed across the various areas of human life.

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