1/ For a particular species, you can estimate the average time per generation, right? Is it possible to do it for a few hops up the tree of descent, too? I'd like to see visualizations of that.
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Replying to @generativist
Trying to understand your question: Are you asking for an estimate of average reproductive age of an ancient ancestors of a given species? And you want to look at long-term trends like how average reproductive age changed in some lineage?
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Replying to @kaznatcheev
I think so? Like, in my head I want to see a bar where the vertical color indicates [average reproductive age] the horizontal is time. Segmented into species, somehow?
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This is very much not my thing, hence why I still need to chase down some stuff from your paper. In my head, I can't imagine how you would estimate that. But, population geneticists seem to be very clever, so...
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I think you're asking for too reductive a quantity. Rate of evolution is property of a population in an environment, not of particular individuals. To measure it well, it's better to measure directly rather than trying to estimate reproductive age/brood size & then work out rate.
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Replying to @kaznatcheev
That makes sense. My initial curiosity was mostly because I was thinking about generational time in politics alone. Then just started wondering about the effects of (learned) adaptation in general. Then started expanding from there ;)
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Between your paper and some others though, I feel like I have a huge gap in my knowledge that is in need of correction.
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