the final piece of the evolution puzzle


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"My reaction: your approach makes very good sense because the ability of Homo sapiens to adapt to widely different environments (obviously a key feature of the species) will be greatly enhanced through the ability to shape somewhat the triggers of emotional responses in the manner you describe."
Professor Roger D. Masters.
 President, Foundation for Neuroscience & Society


"I think TEEM theory is all very scientifically addressable, and can rely on standard genetic techniques."
Professor David Featherstone,
Department of Biological Sciences.
University of Illinois at Chicago



"I think you make splendid arguments regarding the necessity for a system of inheritance other than Darwinism."
 Dr. Mary MacGibbon, ACU, Australia

"If you are right, nearly everything I know about genetics and development is wrong."
Professor Robert Trivers



"How very fascinating!"
Professor G. A. Parker, Population and Evolutionary Biology Research Group,
University of Liverpool



"I will certainly look forward to seeing the publication of your book, not least because of some recently developed interests of my own on the evolution (and inevitability) of sensory mechanisms."
Professor Simon Conway Morris.
Cambridge University



"I taught Darwin and biology for more years than I care to remember. I am retired now but still like to keep up with what's new. I read your book extract with great interest, thanks for putting it online. It's a real achievement, up there with the best science I've come across."
Wiliam Novak




"Your proposal that two evolutionary mechanisms administrate evolution is so very simple but equally very profound. It brought to mind Thomas Huxley’s remark when he was reading Charles Darwin’s book, The Origin of Species, “How incredibly stupid not to have thought of that myself.”
Dr. J. Dayal Purohit



"Some of your ideas parallel those of researchers who believe that
there are very large portions of the genome dedicated to producing
non-coding [regulatory] DNAs.  Unfortunately, the evidence for this
is yet to arrive, although a small number of microRNA genes is known."
Professor Ross H Crozier.
James Cook University, Australia



"I believe that his propositions for the function of “junk DNA” are very plausible.  He has supported his propositions and conclusions by a wealth of scientific published evidence..  the publication of the theory itself would be a very worthwhile addition to our understanding of this area of human and animal biology."
Professor Tord Kjellstrom. ANU, Australia



"Your theory is very novel and interesting."
Professor Kirk Winemiller, Texas A&M University


"As I read your website , it provides an explanation for  thoughts that have puzzled me for decades.  The possibility of an "emotional genetic inheritance"  explains how information is passed down generations whereas natural selection would take too long a time to adapt."
Alan Wolliner, New York









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THEM AND US
How Neanderthal predation created modern humans
 
Danny Vendramini

"It has been a long time since I read a book about human evolution that I enjoyed so much."
Professor John Shea, Stony Brook University, New York


"Sometimes it takes an outsider to cut through the routines of interpretation in the most intractable problems in science.  That is what Vendramini's approach offers the reader in his daring claims about the interactions between humans and their most famous evolutionary relatives, the Neanderthals."
Iain Davidson, Emeritus Professor of Archaeology, University of New England. Visiting Professor of Australian Studies, Harvard University, Massachusetts

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 by danny vendramini


This site describes a radical new scientific theory - that in addition to natural selection (the evolutionary process discovered by Charles Darwin) a second evolutionary process also exists that regulates the evolution of innate behaviours, instincts and emotions in multicellular animals. 

Although this second evolutionary process, which I call teemosis emerged about 543 million years ago to provide the first animals with inheritable behaviours (like instincts and innate behaviours) it also has an indirect influence on physical evolution.

Although arguably the most revolutionary new biological theory since Darwin, the second evolution hypothesis is based on the simple premise that everything in nature evolves, including the process of evolution itself.

introduction

Read a non-technical introduction to teem theory.




the main teem theory hypotheses

Teem theory is not just a new theory of behavioural evolution. Because the teemosis process emerged so long ago (where the first animals appeared) it influences almost every aspect of animal evolution, from behaviour and instincts to emotions, perception, motivation, personality, memory, physical evolution, speciation, brain evolution and molecular biology. 

In other words, it's what is called a 'unified field theory' a simple paradigm that explains a wide variety of biological phenomena.

Here I list 23 principle hypotheses generated by teem theory.



scientific papers on teem theory

 Here you can read a selection of scientific papers on teem theory, including mead my 2005 paper published in the British journal, Medical Hypotheses.

Citation: Vendramini, Danny. (2005) Noncoding DNA and the teem theory of
inheritance, emotions and innate behaviour. Medical Hypotheses. v64, 3, pp512-519. doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2004.08.022.

 Teem theory generates hypotheses in a number of fields, including evolutionary biology, palaeontology, psychology and genetics, so five interconnected papers were required to fully describe the theory and document the supporting evidence.

Each paper examines a different aspect of teem theory.



'the second evolution' book

A book on teem theory called The Second Evolution is due out in 2011. I've written for a general audience so it's an easy read.

You can check out the Preface and Chapter 1 here.


implications: what teem theory explains

Teem theory appears to explain a wide variety of biological phenomena. In fact, the best proof for the theory comes from its ability to resolve so many problematical issues in biology, genetics, palaeontology and psychology - things that have perplexed life scientists for decades.

Some of the implications of teem theory are discussed here.










what scientists say about teem theory

 The history of science tells us that radical new scientific theories are usually met with initial resistance from the scientific community. This is especially so when the proponent of that theory comes from outside the field or is an autodidact (self taught) like me. It doesn't help if the theory challenges what academics have been espousing and teaching all their lives. Normally it takes the next generation of scientists to evaluate the theory objectively.

In the case of teem theory, the response so far from scientists has been what I'd call, "cautiously favourable." I think this is mainly because it's widely believed in the biological community that gaps do remain in the NeoDarwinian paradigm, especially as it relates to the evolution of complex, environment-specifics behaviours.

In any case, you can read short sound bites or else read the complete correspondence. Some of it's a bit technical.

Please feel free to post your own comments.

teem theory vs creationism

All too often, critics of Darwinian theory are motivated by
religious agendas. Is this the case here? Does teem theory support creationism? Certainly not. In fact, teem theory provides powerful new scientific arguments to counter creationist rhetoric.


A Pictorial Biography of Charles Darwin
My Darwin tribute site is intended as a resource for scholars and students. It  includes every photo, painting and drawing ever made of Darwin during his life.

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does this mean darwin was wrong?

Evolution undoubtedly occurs by natural selection and Darwin's theory explains incremental gradual evolution (what we call microevolution) perfectly well. The problem is that it's less adept at explaining the big ticket items - what we call macroevolution (morphological complexity, biodiversity, speciation etc.) and unable to adequately explain behavioural evolution. 

 Teem theory doesn't refute Darwinism, it simply adds a new complementary strand to Darwin's theory. By filling in a few blanks and resolving a number of long-standing biological, palaeontological and genetic problems, teem theory can only strengthen our existing NeoDarwinian paradigm.


the inevitable controversy

 Any scientific theory that challenges a cherished and prevailing orthodoxy is bound to be controversial. As Darwin himself said about The Origin of Species, “I by no means expect to convince experienced naturalists whose minds are stocked with a multitude of facts all viewed, during a long course of years, from a point of view directly opposite to mine.”

I don’t know what the solution is, except to hope, as Darwin did, for “young and rising naturalists who will be able to view both sides of the question with impartiality.”

 In the long term though, because teem theory provides simple, verifiable explanations for so many problematical aspects of biology, psychology, palaeontology and genetics, I'm confident
it will eventually become an integral part of the NeoDarwinian paradigm.

 

'them and us'

A scientific theory is like a key. If it's correct, it can unlock all sorts of other doors. Last year, I used teem theory to examine the mystery of human evolution - how, why, when and where we became human.

By analysing innate behaviours and instincts in modern humans (what we affectionately call 'human nature') and analysing the teems that encoded them, I came to the conclusion that our Palaeolithic ancestors had been hunted, cannibalized and raped by Eurasian Neanderthals in the Middle East for over 50,000 years.

My publisher asked me to write a popular science book about it, which I did. It's called 'Them and Us; how Neanderthal predation created modern humans' and it's available as a paperback and Ebook.

Visit the publisher's website
 



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thanks and acknowledgements


While my greatest scientific debt is undoubtedly to Charles Darwin, there are lots of other people I need to personally thank for offering to read material, providing invaluable feedback, giving sound advice and generally helping to test and validate the theory.

They include, Rosie Scott, Tord Kjellstrom, Simon Conway-Morris, Jaak Panksepp, Professor Noam Chomsky, Anita Heiss, Larry Young, Elizabeth Weiss, Simon Chapman, Coral Wynter, Daniel Blumstein, Stanley Stalthe,  Bruce Charlton, Richard Fortey, Tony McMichael, John Tyson, Andrew Bell, David Skibinski, Mary MacGibbon, Merlin Crossley, James Shapiro, Werner Meyer, David Featherstone, Kirk Winemiller, Fran Bonier, Robin Allott, Georg Striedter, Dayal Purohit, Wiliam Novak, Roger Masters, Pierre Capy, Jessica Wollard, Ross Crozier, Carl Schlichting, Bella Vendramini, Josie Vendramini, Tom Markham, Emily Walker, Fiona Yih Ling Chan, Robert Trivers, Timothy Mousseau, Geoff Parker and Peter Richerson.
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