The Journal of Theoretical Fimpology. Volume 1, Issue 3: e-20080225-1-3-5. August 19, 2013 (www.fimpology.com)
The Fimpological View: The Future Synthesis of Biology, Ecology, and Evolutiology
Shu-dong Yin
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8661-6889
Cory H. E. R. & C. Inc., Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Email: [email protected]
Abstract
Recently, the imperative necessity expressed by a few pundits for a theoretical revolution in the new era of the life sciences has been reflecting outdated somewhat in the Modern Synthesis-our modern prevailing view of evolution. During the past decades, rapidly growing evidences and facts have suggested that it may be the time to respond to the call, "we need to turn data into knowledge." Indeed, since 1990s, several novel interdisciplinary fields have emerged, which have complemented the deficiencies of the Modern Synthesis more or less at the molecular, cellular and individual organism level. However, as our excavating unknowns deeper and vaster, the Modern Synthesis has been under greater and greater challenge, especially while confronting three realities. Moreover, the diversity and continuity of abiotic- and biological-species in the whole evolutionary process desires a unified theory to account for. In this article, the author from a fimpological perspective mainly tries to discuss the three challenges faced by the Modern Synthesis, believes that now is the time to upgrade "evolution" to "evolutiology", and proposes that biology, ecology, and evolutiology should unite to form a novel theoretical symphony for the future Synthesis.