GROWTH RATES OF ADULT SEA TURTLES

Growth rates of adult sea turtles

Indeterminate growth, i.e.growth that persists throughout life, is common in long-lived reptiles.Because fecundity and body size tend to be correlated in such species, individuals face a life-history trade-off at sexual maturity.Saturation tagging and intensive monitoring at nesting grounds can potentially provide opportunities to accumulate data o

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A universal preference for animate agents in hominids

Summary: When conversing, humans instantaneously predict meaning from fragmentary and ambiguous mspeech, long before utterance completion.They do this by integrating priors (initial assumptions about the world) with contextual evidence click here to rapidly decide on the most likely meaning.One powerful prior is attentional preference for agents, w

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