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Johannesson was born in Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden on 8 December 1970 and was educated at the public school in Filipstad. She graduated with a Bachelor of Theology in 1994, and a bachelor's degree in 1996 from Uppsala University. She earned her PhD in theology and obtained a doctorate there in 2002. She was ordained priest in 2010 in ...
- 2010, by Esbjörn Hagberg
- 3 March 2019, by Antje Jackelén
The theory was first set out in detail in Darwin's book On the Origin of Species. Evolution by natural selection is established by observable facts about living organisms: (1) more offspring are often produced than can possibly survive; (2) traits vary among individuals with respect to their morphology, physiology, and behaviour; (3) different ...
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Mar 17, 2004 · This novel system of hypotheses for evolutionary processes originated between 1937 and 1950 (Mayr 1982 ). In contrast to Weismann’s ( 1892) and Wallace’s ( 1889) neo-Darwinian concept, the synthetic theory incorporated facts from such fields as genetics, systematics, and paleontology.
- Ulrich Kutschera, Karl J. Niklas
- 2004
Oct 11, 2023 · Understanding Evolution in Darwin’s “Origin”: The Emerging Context of Evolutionary Thinking aims to encourage the reading of On the Origin of Species and to include it in the teaching of evolution. With a comprehensive overview of the development of...
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Karin Johannisson was born in Gothenburg on 11 October 1944. Her mother Lore Johannisson, née Schmidt, was a German medical student who had met and married the Swedish lecturer Tore Johannisson when he worked at the University of Marburg. The couple had three children; Karin was the youngest. They moved to Lund in 1939, and then to Gothenburg when ...
Johannisson's research focused on the history of medicine from a societal perspective. Her doctoral dissertation from 1974, Magnetisörernas tid, dealt with the 18th and 19th century phenomenon called animal magnetism. She was appointed Professor of History of Science and Ideas at Uppsala University in 1996, and held the chair until her retirement i...
Johannisson was married twice, first to the literary scholar Stefan Mählqvist, with whom she had two sons. Her second marriage was to the mathematician Allan Gut. Johannisson died from brain cancer in November 2016.
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- 23 November 2016 (aged 72), Uppsala, Sweden
- Professor, Idea historian, Author
Oct 31, 2023 · Abstract. The origin of life remains one of the greatest enigmas in science. The immense leap in complexity between prebiotic soup and cellular life challenges historically “chemistry-forward” and “biology-backwards” approaches.
Nov 7, 2022 · In this article, I examine Humboldt’s thoughts on evolution and the origin of species and evaluate his contribution to Darwin’s theory of evolution. First, I analyse and explicate the fundamental assumptions and goals of Humboldt theory, and compare them to Darwin.
