Michel Raymond

Research Director

Human evolutionary biology, by overturning the traditional (but arbitrary) barriers between evolutionary biology and the human sciences, approaches everything related to the human species from a new angle.

I am particularly interested in cultural evolution, conflicts around parental investment, the evolution of aesthetic preferences, the understanding of manual laterality, and certain Darwinian paradoxes (frequent and heritable traits associated with lower survival or reproduction).

I propose an optional teaching module (introduction to human evolutionary biology) in the M2R Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution course.

Humans’ Wounds Heal Much More Slowly Than Other Mammals’ We naked apes need Band-Aids, but shedding the fur that speeds healing in other mammals may have helped us evolve other abilities.

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Pierrick Labbé, Thomas Lenormand, Michel Raymond. On the worldwide spread of an insecticide resistance gene: a role for local selection. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2005, 18, pp.1471-1484. ⟨10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.00938.x⟩. ⟨halsde-00193161⟩
Sylvain Billiard, Charlotte Faurie, Michel Raymond. Maintenance of handedness polymorphism in humans: A frequency-dependent selection model. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 2005, 235, pp.85-93. ⟨10.1016/j.jtbi.2004.12.021⟩. ⟨halsde-00184539⟩
Anna Cohuet, I. Dia, Frédérique Simard, Michel Raymond, François Rousset, et al.. Gene flow between chromosomal forms of the malaria vector Anopheles funestus in Cameroon, Central Africa, and its relevance in malaria fighting. Genetics, 2005, 169 (1), pp.301-311. ⟨10.1534/genetics.103.025031⟩. ⟨halsde-00193164⟩
Charlotte Faurie, Wulf Schiefenhövel, Sylvie Le Bomin, Sylvain Billiard, Michel Raymond. Variation in the frequency of left-handedness in traditional societies. Current Anthropology, 2005, 46 (1), pp.142-147. ⟨10.1086/427101⟩. ⟨halsde-00184669⟩
Charlotte Faurie, Michel Raymond. Handedness, homicide and negative frequency-dependent selection. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2005, 272, pp.25-28. ⟨10.1098/rspb.2004.2926⟩. ⟨halsde-00184678⟩
Mylene Weill, Arnaud Berthomieu, Claire Berticat, Georges Lutfalla, Vincent Negre, et al.. Insecticide resistance: a silent base prediction. Current Biology, 2004, 14 (14), pp.R552-R553. ⟨10.1016/j.cub.2004.07.008⟩. ⟨hal-01946061⟩
Claire Berticat, Olivier Duron, Denise Heyse, Michel Raymond. Insecticide resistance genes confer a predation cost on mosquitoes, Culex pipiens. Genetics Research, 2004, 83 (3), pp.189-196. ⟨10.1017/s0016672304006792⟩. ⟨halsde-00186371⟩
Mylène Weill, C Malcolm, Fabrice Chandre, K Mogensen, A. Berthomieu, et al.. The unique mutation in ace-1 giving high insecticide resistance is easily detectable in mosquito vectors.. Insect Molecular Biology, 2004, 13 (1), pp.1-7. ⟨10.1111/j.1365-2583.2004.00452.x⟩. ⟨hal-01946057⟩
Charlotte Faurie, Dominique Pontier, Michel Raymond. Student athletes claim to have more sexual partners than other students. Evolution and Human Behavior, 2004, 25, pp.1-8. ⟨10.1016/S1090-5138(03)00064-3⟩. ⟨halsde-00184693⟩
Denis D. Bourguet, Thomas Guillemaud, Christine Chevillon, Michel Raymond. Fitness costs of insecticide resistance in natural breeding sites of the mosquito culex pipiens. Evolution - International Journal of Organic Evolution, 2004, 58 (1), pp.128-135. ⟨10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb01579.x⟩. ⟨hal-02674721⟩

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Autism spectrum: when it's easier to read emotions in animals than in humans

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Humans’ Wounds Heal Much More Slowly Than Other Mammals’ We naked apes need Band-Aids, but shedding the fur that speeds healing in other mammals may have helped us evolve other abilities.

Empathy for other species

Nutrition and disease in humans

Genetic adaptation to risk

A broader cultural view is necessary to study the evolution of sexual orientation

A broader cultural view is necessary to study the evolution of sexual orientation

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