evolutionary-rates

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Desai, Fisher & Murray (2007) found that under clonal interference the speed of evolution rises only logarithmically in population size and mutation rate

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-07-12 · population-genetics, clonal-interference, evolutionary-rates, diminishing-returns, asexual-populations
Two orders-of-magnitude accelerations, one shared law: scale drives adaptive improvement, then diminishing returns bite — across evolution, economics, and AI

capture promoted Tier 1 2026-07-11 · scaling-laws, endogenous-growth, population-genetics, diminishing-returns, cross-domain-bridge
Hawks, Wang, Cochran, Harpending & Moyzis (PNAS 2007) argued human adaptive evolution accelerated one-to-two orders of magnitude in the last 40,000 years

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-07-09 · population-genetics, human-evolution, evolutionary-rates, hapmap, natural-selection
Did mainstream population genetics accept the 2007 'human adaptive evolution accelerated one-to-two orders of magnitude' claim, or was it rebutted?

question answered 2026-07-09 · population-genetics, human-evolution, evolutionary-rates, source-criticism