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V. C. Wynne-Edwards

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Vero Copner Wynne-Edwards, CBE, FRS, FRSE (4 July 1906 – 5 January 1997) was an English zoologist. [1]

30 relations: Adaptation and Natural Selection, Banchory, Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, Biology, Canadian Forces Naval Reserve, Cyril Lucas, England, Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Frink Medal, Geology, George C. Williams (biologist), Group selection, John Berry (zoologist), Leeds, Maurice Yonge, McGill University, Natural selection, New College, Oxford, Order of the British Empire, Professor, Richard Dawkins, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Rugby School, The Selfish Gene, University of Aberdeen, University of Calgary, University of Oxford, World War II, Zoology.

Adaptation and Natural Selection

Adaptation and Natural Selection: A Critique of Some Current Evolutionary Thought is a 1966 book by the American evolutionary biologist George C. Williams.

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Banchory

Banchory (Banchry, from Scottish Gaelic: Beannchar) is a burgh or town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society

The Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society is an academic journal on the history of science published annually by the Royal Society.

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Biology

Biology is the natural science that studies life and living organisms, including their physical structure, chemical composition, function, development and evolution.

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Canadian Forces Naval Reserve

The Canadian Forces Naval Reserve or NAVRES is the Primary Reserve component of the Royal Canadian Navy, as part of the unified Canadian Forces.

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Cyril Lucas

Sir Cyril Edward Lucas FRS FRSE CMG FIB LLD (1909–2002) was a British marine biologist.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Fellow of the Royal Society

Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society judges to have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathematics, engineering science and medical science".

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Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland judges to be "eminently distinguished in their subject".

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Frink Medal

The Frink Medal for British Zoologists is awarded by the Zoological Society of London "For significant and original contributions by a professional zoologist to the development of zoology." It consists of a bronze plaque (76 by 83 millimetres), depicting a bison and carved by British sculptor Elisabeth Frink.

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Geology

Geology (from the Ancient Greek γῆ, gē, i.e. "earth" and -λoγία, -logia, i.e. "study of, discourse") is an earth science concerned with the solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time.

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George C. Williams (biologist)

George Christopher Williams (May 12, 1926 – September 8, 2010) was an American evolutionary biologist.

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Group selection

Group selection is a proposed mechanism of evolution in which natural selection acts at the level of the group, instead of at the more conventional level of the individual.

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John Berry (zoologist)

John Berry, CBE DL FRSE (1907-2002) was a Scottish zoologist and ecologist.

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Leeds

Leeds is a city in the metropolitan borough of Leeds, in the county of West Yorkshire, England.

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Maurice Yonge

Sir Charles Maurice Yonge, CBE, FRS (9 December 1899 – 17 March 1986) was an English marine zoologist.

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McGill University

McGill University is a public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Natural selection

Natural selection is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype.

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New College, Oxford

New College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.

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Professor

Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries.

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Richard Dawkins

Clinton Richard Dawkins (born 26 March 1941) is an English ethologist, evolutionary biologist, and author.

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Royal Society of Edinburgh

The Royal Society of Edinburgh is Scotland's national academy of science and letters.

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Rugby School

Rugby School is a day and boarding co-educational independent school in Rugby, Warwickshire, England.

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The Selfish Gene

The Selfish Gene is a 1976 book on evolution by Richard Dawkins, in which the author builds upon the principal theory of George C. Williams's Adaptation and Natural Selection (1966).

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University of Aberdeen

The University of Aberdeen is a public research university in Aberdeen, Scotland.

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University of Calgary

The University of Calgary (U of C or UCalgary) is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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University of Oxford

The University of Oxford (formally The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford) is a collegiate research university located in Oxford, England.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Zoology

Zoology or animal biology is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct, and how they interact with their ecosystems.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._C._Wynne-Edwards

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