I’m interested in general biophysics theories on what makes evolution favor larger vs smaller organisms under various conditions. Stuff I’ve found so far has been disappointingly special case (islands, deep sea...)
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observation one: asteroid apocalypse scenarios bad for big guys
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Not sure if you’ll find stuff on size here, but a really good read on what has (and hasn’t) been studied in evolutionary biology, and why, is here, by prof Jan Sapp:
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Bejan's constructal theory has some things to say about body size nature.com/articles/srep0
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“Emergent phenomena”. The selection of a configuration can sometimes be purely coincidental or random but there can only be a limited set of highly suitable configurations for a given environment.






