Perhaps, as one epidemiologist believes, it's the voice of our evolutionary ancestors, warning us away from a major source of parasites and other pathogens.
Launched in 1942 to facilitate cross-training between genetics and paleontology, the Committee was also designed to amplify paleontologist voices in modern studies of evolutionary processes.
Carter Phipps is an author, journalist, and leading voice in the emerging field of Evolutionary Spirituality.
But the present-day theoretical voices that were shouting loudest were those from the evolutionary science faculty.
And now researchers say that a tiny voice from near the bottom of life's evolutionary ladder is chiming in on the chorus: Let's do it.
Evolutionary psychologists have argued that the link between the female voice and sexuality is genetic and physiological, as men and women rate women's voices as more attractive when they're recorded during the peak fertility period of a woman's cycle.
In this article (see also Martin 2010), I present data to dispel the myth that Christians are of a single voice that is opposed to the teaching or acceptance of evolutionary theory.
"The finding of dog voice areas in exactly the same location as human voice areas is a very strong argument for a common evolutionary origin, because it's just very improbable that the two species could have developed this area in exactly the same part of the brain," Andics said.
So is it best, in evolutionary terms, to be a big hairy hunk of ape with a smooth, strong voice?
(This probably has an evolutionary explanation: fetuses in the womb, identifying with their caretaker, can distinguish their mother's voice from others, a study published in the journal Psychological Science found).
By integrating evolutionary theory, feminist researchers would not only be supplementing their research, but adding a unique voice to evolutionary sciences where male researchers often dominate (Gowaty 1992; Hrdy 1981) and may present a new voice and focus on the experiences of women in society from an evolutionarily informed perspective.
