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[https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05543-x by Michael Park 4/1/23 nature] | [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05543-x by Michael Park 4/1/23 nature] | ||
Theories of scientific and technological change view discovery and invention as endogenous processes1,2, wherein previous accumulated knowledge enables future progress by allowing researchers to, in Newton’s words, ‘stand on the shoulders of giants’3,4,5,6,7. | Theories of scientific and technological change view discovery and invention as endogenous processes1,2, wherein previous accumulated knowledge enables future progress by allowing researchers to, in Newton’s words, ‘stand on the shoulders of giants’3,4,5,6,7. | ||
=====Palaeo-bioinspiration draws on the fossil record to advance innovation===== | |||
[https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-025-08043-6 by Annabelle Aish 2/6/25 communications biology] | |||
Bioinspiration is an approach to innovation based on the observation of biological systems, of which only 0.1% remain since life began 3.7 billion years ago. Expanding the scope of bioinspiration to the fossil record greatly increases the diversity of potential biological “muses” and provides a means to understand the form, function and origins of current living systems. | |||