RDNComputer modeling supports the possibility of coevolution of geographically separated species if they are both affected by a migratory predator.
A review of calls, postures, colors, and other signals that animals use for inter-species mutualistic cooperation.
Summary: https://phys.org/news/2026-06-animals-communicate-species-boundaries.html
Original paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000334722600148X
#Science #Nature #Ecology #Mutualism #Cooperation #Coevolution
How animals communicate to work together across species boundaries
An international team of researchers have published a new review in Animal Behavior revealing how communication enables cooperation between different animal species. The review, titled "The ecology and evolution of cues and signals in animal interspecies cooperation," highlights how movements, visual displays, calls, and other behavioral cues and signals help partners coordinate interactions and align interests across species boundaries.
mjIf there were only some theory that helped explain where "perceptual origins" come from..
#co-evolution
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Timbral effects on consonance ...
Timbral effects on consonance ...
Timbral effects on consonance disentangle psychoacoustic mechanisms and suggest perceptual origins for musical scales - Nature Communications
Consonance is crucial to diverse musical styles and is traditionally attributed to simple frequency ratios between tones. Here, the authors show timbral effects on consonance that challenge this view and suggest perceptual origins for musical scales.
Protyus A. Gendher
Molecular Biology & EvolutionMacit et aL investigated selection in response to climate and a geographic mosaic of coevolution between two ant species, a social parasite and its host.
Jeremy B. Yoder 🖖🏻🌿🏳️🌈📈Treating emergent traits of the microbiome like quantitative genetic traits of the host reveals how environmentally acquired symbionts can contribute to hosts' adaptation
Nifty preprint with an experiment coevolving Brassica rapa with pollinating, herbivorous butterflies. With bumblebee co-pollinators or heat stress added, the plants evolved stronger anti-herbivore defense; with both bees and heat, they evolved... to attract butterflies?
Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦“Many contemporary #socialscience approaches ignore the #coevolutionary framework, instead focusing too much on linear regressions. Our world is better understood through #complex #reciprocal #interactions.” (More from the #BrianKlaas piece on #coevolution) open.substack.com/pub/briankla...
"Good Heavens what insect can ...
"Good Heavens what insect can ...
Apparently there really are #zombies. Zombie #ants, that is. This piece on #coevolution by #BrianKlaas is fascinating. open.substack.com/pub/briankla...
Experimentally co-evolved E. coli and yeast achieve stable coexistence — and the coevolved E. coli, but not the yeast, is able to resist invasion by other bacterial strains
