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Concept in biology
Evolutionary tinkering is an explanation of how evolution happens in nature. It explains that evolution works as a tinkerer who experiments with miscellaneous
Evolutionary_tinkering
Creation of an artwork from a diverse range of things that happen to be available
article was published in English and the idea came be known as "evolutionary tinkering". In the introduction to Creativity and Cultural Improvisation (2007)
Bricolage
2004 book on evolution by Richard Dawkins & Yan Wong
Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life is a popular science book by the evolutionary biologists Richard Dawkins and Yan Wong. It retraces the history of life
The_Ancestor's_Tale
Function of trait, shifted by evolution
references. Jacob (1977) sees much of evolution as "tinkering," that is, working with available traits. "Tinkering" includes (but is not limited to) shifts in
Exaptation
Group of transport proteins
D.; Nakayama, Y.; Nomura, T.; Martinac, B. (2015-01-01). "The evolutionary 'tinkering' of MscS-like channels: generation of structural and functional
Small-conductance mechanosensitive channel
Small-conductance_mechanosensitive_channel
Comparison of organism developmental processes
and the paper "Evolution and Tinkering" by François Jacob. Gould laid to rest Haeckel's interpretation of evolutionary embryology, while Jacob set out
Evolutionary developmental biology
Evolutionary_developmental_biology
American biologist and historian of science (1941–2002)
GOOLD; September 10, 1941 – May 20, 2002) was an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, historian of science, and one of the most widely read authors
Stephen_Jay_Gould
American paleontologist
morphology suggests that the therian sternum is a casestudy of evolutionary tinkering." She is also a current member of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
Emily_A._Buchholtz
Evolutionary process
it is the dynamic evolutionary process of natural selection that fits organisms to their environment, enhancing their evolutionary fitness. Secondly,
Adaptation
Largest species of toothed whale
extensive lateral bending and facilitate more dorso-ventral bending. These evolutionary modifications make the spine more flexible but weaker than the spines
Sperm_whale
Common ancestor evolutionary evidence
single ancestor. This forms an important part of the evidence on which evolutionary theory rests, demonstrates that evolution does occur, and illustrates
Evidence_of_common_descent
Predator at the top of a food chain
management, conservation, and ecotourism. Apex predators have a long evolutionary history, dating at least to the Cambrian period when animals such as
Apex_predator
Parvorder of mammal
earliest Mysticeti fossils date to at least 34 million years ago. Their evolutionary link to archaic toothed cetaceans (Archaeoceti) remained unknown until
Baleen_whale
American botanist (born 1953)
Soltis. 2004. Pre-angiosperm duplication of floral genes and regulatory tinkering at the base of angiosperms. Am. J. Botany 91: 2102-2118 j.c. Pires, k
Douglas_E._Soltis
Objections to evolution have been raised since evolutionary ideas came to prominence in the 19th century. When Charles Darwin published his 1859 book On
Objections_to_evolution
Marvel Comics fictional character
the High Evolutionary, who was responsible for depowering all mutants, to restore everyone's powers. The X-Men defeat the High Evolutionary and restore
Mystique_(character)
Animal adapted to digging and living underground
PMID 30630409. Nevo, E. 2007. Mosaic evolution of subterranean mammals: Tinkering, regression, progression, and global convergence. Subterranean Rodents:
Fossorial
Deliberately complex contraption
machines are contraptions derived from tinkering with the tools close at hand, parallels have been drawn with evolutionary processes. More recently, Rube Goldberg
Rube_Goldberg_machine
American botanist
Soltis. 2004. Pre-angiosperm duplication of floral genes and regulatory tinkering at the base of angiosperms. Am. J. Bot. 91: 2102–2118 j.c. Pires, k.y
Pamela_S._Soltis
French diplomat and natural historian
earlier book Description de l'Egypte (1735). As a result of Mascrier's tinkering, none of the printed editions accurately represents de Maillet's work
Benoît_de_Maillet
Probable Speciation Within the North American Genus Tyrannosaurus". Evolutionary Biology. 49 (2): 156–179. Bibcode:2022EvBio..49..156P. doi:10.1007/s11692-022-09561-5
Specimens_of_Tyrannosaurus
Gene that has limited phylogenetic distribution
when they share an evolutionary history, and the study of groups of homologous genes allows for an understanding of their evolutionary history and divergence
Orphan_gene
2005 evo-devo book by Sean B. Carroll
biologist Sean B. Carroll. It presents a summary of the emerging field of evolutionary developmental biology and the role of toolkit genes. It has won numerous
Endless Forms Most Beautiful (book)
Endless_Forms_Most_Beautiful_(book)
Type of machine learning model
Roshan; Hie, Brian; Zhu, Zhongkai; Lu, Wenting; et al. (17 March 2023). "Evolutionary-scale prediction of atomic-level protein structure with a language model"
Large_language_model
Car bombing in California, U.S.
with the fringe philosophy of efilism, the idea "that human life is an evolutionary mistake and that people should choose not to procreate". Bartkus's alleged
2025 Palm Springs fertility clinic bombing
2025_Palm_Springs_fertility_clinic_bombing
Analytic tools in disability studies
implication "that disabled people are not already making, hacking, and tinkering with existing material arrangements". The biopsychosocial model was developed
Models_of_disability
American computer engineer (born 1945)
technologies to learn about the technology by encouraging exploration, tinkering, and modification. Felsenstein had learned about electronics in much the
Lee_Felsenstein
Medical condition
997–1003. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03540360065034. PMID 9091675. Kwon JS, Tinker A, Pansegrau G, McAlpine J, Housty M, McCullum M, Gilks CB (January 2013)
BRCA_mutation
American historian (1944–2021)
Uniontown, Pennsylvania. He took an interest in science and philosophy, tinkering with rockets and reading on science. He became interested in biology after
Paul_Lawrence_Farber
Power BI MicroStrategy Monarch Moose (analysis) MountainsMap Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Netvibes Numbers for Mac Ocean Data View OpenOffice
List_of_data_science_software
S2CID 191187862. Carvalko, Joseph (2012). The Techno-human Shell-A Jump in the Evolutionary Gap. Sunbury Press. ISBN 978-1-62006-165-7. "SFE: Baum, L Frank". sf-encyclopedia
List_of_stock_characters
Process in biology
practically no relevance to the questionably meaningful concept of evolutionarily degenerate populations that have lost ancestral functions. Examples
Degeneracy_(biology)
Brazilian ecologist and conservation biologist
on analyzing the ecological and evolutionary consequences of defaunation. He was awarded by WWF in 1998 and was a Tinker Fellow at Stanford University and
Mauro_Galetti
American physiologist (born 1951)
Adrian. (2008). Review: Design in Nature: Tinkering and the Constructal Law. Reviewed Work: The Tinkerer's Accomplice: How Design Emerges from Life Itself
J._Scott_Turner
Hammerhead, Silvermane, and Mister Negative), inventors (the Shocker, the Tinkerer, Spencer Smythe, and Alistair Smythe), and masters of trickery and illusion
List_of_Spider-Man_enemies
Person without fixed habitat
Such groups include hunter-gatherers, pastoral nomads (owning livestock), tinkers and trader nomads. In the twentieth century, the population of nomadic
Nomad
master engineer. Why would God tinker? Doesn't He know in advance the biological pathways that work? Isn't a tinkering God one who loudly says "I am not"
List_of_American_atheists
Country in the Caribbean
Pidgin and Creole Language Structures Online. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Retrieved 17 May 2025. "Trinidadian Hindustani and Its
Trinidad_and_Tobago
and the High Evolutionary, seeking to claim the latter's technology. In the ensuing battle, Vermis is knocked into the High Evolutionary's array, transforming
List of Marvel Comics characters: V
List_of_Marvel_Comics_characters:_V
Any bird in the family Cacatuidae
Willerslev; Peter R. Mawson; Peter B.S. Spencer; Michael Bunce (2011). "The evolutionary history of cockatoos (Aves: Psittaciformes: Cacatuidae)" (PDF). Molecular
Cockatoo
Extinct subspecies of bird
1806, gives roughly a 60-year period of possible introductions. From an evolutionary biology aspect, in a 60 (or even 100) year timeframe, a subspecies like
Heath_hen
Computational model used in machine learning
1145/3343031.3350545. ISBN 978-1-4503-6889-6. S2CID 204837170. "Stop tinkering, start measuring! Predictable experimental design of Neural Network experiments"
Neural network (machine learning)
Neural_network_(machine_learning)
Real-time strategy (RTS) video game franchise
wrote some more ambient style themes they asked me for, and then I began tinkering with this heavy metal song that I was trying to gear towards Nod for the
Command_&_Conquer
List of characters appearing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Kai Zen) is a Star Child, a species genetically engineered by the High Evolutionary. Phyla met the Guardians of the Galaxy and escaped her imprisonment,
Characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: M–Z
Characters_of_the_Marvel_Cinematic_Universe:_M–Z
Marvel Comics character
Synoptic, a hive mind of symbiotes, and ally themselves with the High Evolutionary while secretly helping the Synoptic grow powerful enough to infect the
Venom_(character)
Car engine
assembly line. A total of 6,939 cars were produced. The LT5 was not an evolutionary dead end: in spite of being discontinued without a direct successor,
Chevrolet small-block engine (1954–2003)
Chevrolet_small-block_engine_(1954–2003)
planets of the same name, later revealed to be creations of the High Evolutionary. They are led by Ayesha, the Golden High Priestess. She later oversees
List of species and races in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
List_of_species_and_races_in_the_Marvel_Cinematic_Universe
Species with a large effect on its environment
Biogeography. 4 (3). doi:10.21425/F54312533. ISSN 1948-6596. Estes, J. A.; Tinker, M. T.; Williams, T. M.; Doak, D. F. (1998-10-16). "Killer whale predation
Keystone_species
1968 novel by Rudolph Wurlitzer
more than a beautiful and heavy trip, it's also very important in an evolutionary way, showing us directions we could be moving in — hopefully another
Nog_(novel)
Group of fictional characters in Marvel Comics
Analyzer: A Celestial tasked with analyzing life-form samples. Kahltro the Tinkerer: A Celestial tasked with creating instruments of destruction. Marazov the
Celestial_(comics)
Evolution of novel genes from non-genic DNA sequence
109. PMC 2945180. PMID 20651121. Jacob F (June 1977). "Evolution and tinkering". Science. 196 (4295): 1161–1166. Bibcode:1977Sci...196.1161J. doi:10
De_novo_gene_birth
1882 class of British protected cruisers
design for a ship, and was called upon to see it carried out, without any tinkering or changes in construction, we should see our ships fitted more quickly
Leander-class_cruiser_(1882)
Self-stable region of a protein's chain that folds independently from the rest
1016/S0959-440X(97)80060-7. PMID 9204285. Jacob F (June 1977). "Evolution and tinkering". Science. 196 (4295): 1161–6. Bibcode:1977Sci...196.1161J. doi:10.1126/science
Protein_domain
Artificial intelligence scenario
artificially designed mind would have such an adaptation. In a 2018 essay, evolutionary psychologist Steven Pinker argued that human drives toward dominance
AI_takeover
Species of marine mammal
was sequenced in 2017 and may allow for examination of the sea otter's evolutionary divergence from terrestrial mustelids. Following their divergence from
Sea_otter
Primary sexual organ of male animals
hemipenes. Tuataras must use their cloacae for reproduction. Due to evolutionary convergence, turtle and mammal penises have a similar structure. In some
Penis
Species of large lamniform shark
Meÿer, M.; Oosthuizen, H.; Matthee, C. A. (2015). "New Insights into the Evolutionary History of White Sharks, Carcharodon carcharias". Journal of Biogeography
Great_white_shark
American evolutionary biologist, Guggenheim fellow
The origin and evolutionary mechanism of new genes. University of California, Davis. Jacob, F. (1977-06-10). "Evolution and tinkering". Science. 196 (4295):
Manyuan_Long
Variation in support for the theory of evolution
The vast majority of the scientific community and academia supports evolutionary theory as the only explanation that can fully account for observations
Level of support for evolution
Level_of_support_for_evolution
Scientific dating of the Earth
appear to provide enough time. According to modern biology, the total evolutionary history from the beginning of life to today has taken place since 3.5
Age_of_Earth
human revolutionaries led by John Jameson himself in resisting the High Evolutionary and his tyrannical rule, in which humans are brutally oppressed and the
Alternative versions of Spider-Man
Alternative_versions_of_Spider-Man
English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer (1791–1871)
August 1994). Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation and Other Evolutionary Writings. University of Chicago Press. pp. xvi–xvii. ISBN 978-0-226-10073-9
Charles_Babbage
Argument by proponents of intelligent design
like this would take billions of years and could not arise from random tinkering, but the corn was bred during the 20th century. When presented with T-urf13
Irreducible_complexity
Spanish football manager and player (born 1984)
Benitez opens up on transfers, treachery, Torres, titles – and, of course, tinkering". The Times. London.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service
Fernando_Torres
Marvel Comics fictional character
join the Synoptic, a hive mind of symbiotes, and ally with the High Evolutionary while secretly helping the Synoptic grow more powerful to infect the
Eddie_Brock
Concept in research ethics
to achieve statistical effects that are 'significant' – for example by tinkering with models or torturing original data. It could refer to intentionally
Scientific_integrity
Adaptations of marine vertebrates to diving
Sirenians and Other Marine Mammals". Return to the Sea: The Life and Evolutionary Times of Marine Mammals. Berkeley, CA: University of California. p. 127
Physiology of underwater diving
Physiology_of_underwater_diving
Motor vehicle
Motors (GM) for the 1963 through 1967 model years. After 10 years of tinkering with the basic C1 package, albeit much improved, Corvette's designers
Chevrolet_Corvette_(C2)
French biologist
Retrieved 2019-11-12. Bockaert J, « Molecular tinkering of G protein-coupled receptors: an evolutionary success », Embo Journal, (1999) 18, p. 1723-1729
Joël_Bockaert
German biologist (born 1936)
Hölldobler BVO (born 25 June 1936) is a German zoologist, sociobiologist and evolutionary biologist who studies evolution and social organization in ants. He is
Bert_Hölldobler
actor (The Birdcage, Campus Cops, Highway to Heaven) Robert Trivers, 83, evolutionary biologist March 13 Nick Baker, 88, politician, member of the Kentucky
2026 deaths in the United States
2026_deaths_in_the_United_States
Belief in a God who does not intervene in the universe
and setting the cosmos in motion, stepped away. He did not need to keep tinkering with his creation, and the suggestion that he did was insulting. Others
Deism
Infraorder of marine mammals
JSTOR 20490986. S2CID 86326007. Fordyce, E.; de Muizon, C. (2001). "Evolutionary history of the cetaceans: a review". In Mazin, J.-M.; de Buffrénil, V
Cetacean
on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2017. Ayto & Simpson (2010), "tinker" Partridge (2006b), p. 786, Toad Tanabe, Shunsuke. "Japanese Perspectives
List_of_ethnic_slurs
between Beyond the Valley of the Dolls and Valley of the Dinosaurs. 27 "Evolutionary War" September 4, 2005 (2005-09-04) The school that Cavey Junior is attending
List of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episodes
List_of_Harvey_Birdman,_Attorney_at_Law_episodes
Tablet computer developed by Apple (2011–2016)
on March 5, 2012. Retrieved April 19, 2012. "Apple's Trend Away From Tinkering". Slashdot. January 31, 2010. Archived from the original on February 8
IPad_2
2007 book by Michael Behe
protein binding sites point directly to descent with modification and the "tinkering" of natural selection. Snoke, David (2007). Editorial Review of The Edge
The_Edge_of_Evolution
Subset of artificial intelligence
techniques have been used to improve the performance of genetic and evolutionary algorithms. The theory of belief functions, also referred to as evidence
Machine_learning
Large, domesticated, cloven-hooved herbivores
et al. (January 2019). "Domestication of cattle: Two or three events?". Evolutionary Applications. 12 (1): 123–136. Bibcode:2019EvApp..12..123P. doi:10.1111/eva
Cattle
Vertebrate organ through which food passes to the stomach
Kutsch, W; Breidbach, O (1994). The nervous systems of invertebrates: an evolutionary and comparative approach. Basel: Birkhäuser. p. 117. ISBN 978-3-7643-5076-5
Esophagus
Interdisciplinary branch of biology and engineering
engineering, electrical and computer engineering, control engineering and evolutionary biology. It includes designing and constructing biological modules, biological
Synthetic_biology
Polyphyletic grouping of dolphins
River dolphin has been considered a taxonomic description, suggesting an evolutionary relationship among the group, although it is now known that they form
River_dolphin
Sequence of operations for a task
sorting library. In 2025, Google DeepMind introduced AlphaEvolve, an evolutionary coding agent powered by large language models for general-purpose algorithm
Algorithm
Medium-sized toothed whale species
narwhal has a shallow dorsal ridge, rather than a dorsal fin, possibly an evolutionary adaptation to make swimming under ice easier or to facilitate rolling
Narwhal
Superior Court of California case concerning the teaching of evolutionary biology
a 1981 Superior Court of California case concerning the teaching of evolutionary biology in public schools. Kelly Segraves, a parent of three schoolchildren
Segraves_v._California
Class of animals with milk-producing glands
from a morphological standpoint. Some degree of gene flow is a normal evolutionary process, nevertheless, hybridization threatens the existence of rare
Mammal
Cell phone released in 2007
2009, the Motorola V10 was made official in South Korea, which is an evolutionary Razr2 although does not carry the 'RAZR' name, instead uses the 'MOTO'
Motorola_Razr2
mechanically augmented walrus who was created and later killed by the High Evolutionary. Rust is a member of the mutant political group called the Resistants
List of Marvel Comics characters: R
List_of_Marvel_Comics_characters:_R
#127 Collector 1966 Marvel Stan Lee, Don Heck The Avengers #28 High Evolutionary 1966 Marvel Stan Lee, Jack Kirby Thor #134 Klaw 1966 Marvel Stan Lee
List of comic book supervillain debuts
List_of_comic_book_supervillain_debuts
Retired American heavy military transport aircraft from Lockheed
ISBN 0-356-08109-5. Ziman, John (2003). Technological Innovation as an Evolutionary Process. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-54217-0. Wikimedia Commons
Lockheed_C-141_Starlifter
Newspaper from 1901-1923
reforms such as the prohibition movement or the denunciation of the evolutionary theory phenomenon. Due to his beliefs Bryan was politically ostracized
The_Commoner
Multiplayer online role-playing game
treatment, but as time passed, their policies degraded. Their scientists', tinkering with the mutating effects of Notum on the colonists in a quest for efficiency
Anarchy_Online
Scientific study of digital information
Bollback, J. P. (2001). "Bayesian inference of phylogeny and its impact on evolutionary biology". Science. 294 (5550): 2310–2314. Bibcode:2001Sci...294.2310H
Information_theory
Argument for the existence of God
for understanding species variation in a mechanical universe." When evolutionary biology began being taught in American high schools in the 1960s, Christian
Watchmaker_analogy
Calendar year
American politician (d. 1911) January 17 – August Weismann, German evolutionary biologist (d. 1914) January 20 – Piet Joubert, Boer politician, military
1834
Ban on alcohol from 1920 to 1933
prohibition would eventually happen in the United States for competitive and evolutionary reasons. Yale economics professor Irving Fisher, who was a dry, wrote
Prohibition in the United States
Prohibition_in_the_United_States
Marvel Comics fictional character
criminal scheme. Saddened by constant defeats, Trapster seeks out the Tinkerer's aid in redesigning his arsenal. Adding wrist-pumps for his glue weaponry
Trapster
French football manager (born 1949)
Clarke, Richard (28 September 2006). "Wenger 1996 to 2006: The French evolutionary". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 14 December 2015. "Wenger arrives at last".
Arsène_Wenger
largest in relation to its body size. This distinction is critical in evolutionary biology, as traits like the extremely long tail feathers of the ribbon-tailed
Largest_body_parts
Development of a central political authority
state. As opposed to theories that the state develops through chance or tinkering, experimentation involves a more directed process where tribal leaders
State_formation
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