Michel Raymond

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.

Raymond et al. 2023

Link to article Latest article on male homosexual preference: how to explain the effect of rank...

People who eat a breakfast rich in refined carbohydrates are considered less attractive...

According to a study... Press article published in "The Guardian" Press article published in...

Empathy for other species

Rich, diverse and complex, the range of emotions we feel when in contact with other organisms
organisms is...

Nutrition and disease in humans

Over the course of the 20th century, a substantial change in diet took place in...

Genetic adaptation to risk

The aim of this project is to study risk-taking behavior, the possibility of...

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

The causality of sexual orientation is probably complex and influenced by multiple factors. We...

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

The causality of sexual orientation is probably complex and influenced by multiple factors. We...


168 documents

  • Carlo Severini, Roberto Romi, Marino Marinucci, Thomas Guillemaud, Michel Raymond. Esterases A5‐B5 in organophosphate‐resistant Culex pipiens from Italy. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 1997, 11, pp.123-126. ⟨10.1111/j.1365-2915.1997.tb00300.x⟩. ⟨hal-02940571⟩
  • Thomas Guillemaud, N Makate, Michel Raymond, B. Hirst, Amanda Callaghan. Esterase gene amplification in Culex pipiens. Insect Molecular Biology, 1997, 6, pp.319-327. ⟨10.1046/j.1365-2583.1997.00186.x⟩. ⟨hal-02940580⟩
  • Nicole Pasteur, Michel Raymond. Insecticide resistance genes in mosquitoes: Their mutations, migration, and selection in field populations. Journal of Heredity, 1996, 87 (6), pp.444-449. ⟨10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a023035⟩. ⟨halsde-00201447⟩
  • Denis D. Bourguet, Michel Raymond, Didier Fournier, Colin A Malcolm, Jean-Pierre Toutant, et al.. Existence of two acetylcholinesterases in the mosquito Culex pipiens (Diptera : Culicidae). Journal of Neurochemistry, 1996, 67 (5), pp.2115-2123. ⟨10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.67052115.x⟩. ⟨hal-02687493⟩
  • Michel Raymond, Denis D. Bourguet, Ruben Capela. An insensitive acetylcholinesterase in Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae) from Portugal. Journal of Economic Entomology, 1996, 89 (5), pp.1060-1066. ⟨10.1093/jee/89.5.1060⟩. ⟨hal-02686504⟩
  • Denis Bourguet, Michel Raymond, Juan Bisset, Nicole Pasteur, Martine Arpagaus. Duplication of the Ace.1 locus in Culex pipiens mosquitoes from the Caribbean. Biochemical Genetics, 1996, 34 (9-10), pp.351-362. ⟨10.1007/BF00554410⟩. ⟨halsde-00201465⟩
  • S. Rooker, Thomas Guillemaud, Jean Berge, Nicole Pasteur, Michel Raymond. Coamplification of esterase A and B genes as a single unit in Culex pipiens mosquitoes. Heredity, 1996, 77, pp.555-561. ⟨halsde-00201469⟩
  • Mary Prout, Denis D. Bourguet, Mary Prout, Michel Raymond. Dominance of insecticide resistance presents a plastic response. Genetics, 1996, 143, pp.407-416. ⟨10.1093/genetics/143.1.407⟩. ⟨hal-02691241⟩
  • Michel Raymond, Nicole Pasteur. Evolution of insecticide resistance in the mosquito Culex pipiens: The migration hypothesis of amplified esterase genes. Molecular Genetics and Evolution of Pesticide Resistance, American Chemical Society, pp.90-96, 1996, 645. ⟨halsde-00201772⟩
  • Denis D. Bourguet, Nicole Pasteur, Juan Bisset, Michel Raymond. Determination of Ace.1 genotypes in single mosquitoes: Toward an ecumenical biochemical test. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 1996, 55 (2), pp.122-128. ⟨10.1006/pest.1996.0041⟩. ⟨hal-02697770⟩
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