Dictionary of Human Evolution and Biology

Dictionary of Human Evolution and Biology

Variability Selection

Term coined by Richard Potts that refers to the human ability to behaviorally adapt to change that requires the cognitive skills of the modern human mind; this is not simply adaptation to the physical environment, but the ability to make reasoned choices.

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canalizing selection (... environment or by genetic variability. See canalization.)
variability, genetic (See genetic variability.)
selection (... selection, soft selection, species selection, stabilizing selection, and truncation selection.)
anthropogenic selection (Mode of biological selection in which the agent of differential reproduction or differential ...)
directional selection (... dynamic selection, progressive selection. Cf. disruptive selection and stabilizing selection.)