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Getting off-topic, but how do biologists define the "highness" of an organism?
by all_blue_chucks 8y ago
Getting off-topic, but how do biologists define the "highness" of an organism?
- Haga 8y agoComplexity, as in complexity of gestation, development and life cycle.
- all_blue_chucks 8y agoWhat units are used to measure complexity?
- fifnir 8y agoI slipped and wrote "higher eukaryotes" in relation to yeast and this is my post-doc's comments: "that broke my heart :( other eukaryotes? multicellular eukaryotes? animals? Whatever you like, but please, no "higher", the poor yeast have been evolving for a long time and are much better than us at fermenting beers..." <edit> This is a great paper that touches on animal complexity, see "Developmental Depth" and "Structural depth" https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228365097_Possible_Largest-Scale_Trends_in_Organismal_Evolution_Eight_Live_Hypotheses https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228365097_Possible_...
- coldtea 8y agoBased on how many grams of weed it has smoked.