Evolutionary developmental biology, and especially ecological developmental biology, is essential for discussions of sustainability and the responses to global climate change. First, this paper explores examples of animals that have successfully altered their development to accommodate human-made changes to their environments. We next document the ability of global warming to disrupt the development of those organisms with temperature-dependent sex-determination or with phenologies coordinating that organism's development with those of other species. The thermotolerance of Homo sapiens is also related to key developmental factors concerning brain development and maintenance, and the development of corals, the keystone organisms of tropical reefs, is discussed in relation to global warming as well as to other anthropogenic changes. While teratogenic and endocrine-disrupting compounds are not discussed in this essay, the ability of glyphosate herbicides to block insect development is highlighted. Last, the paper discusses the need to creatively integrate developmental biology with ecological, political, religious, and economic perspectives, as the flourishing of contemporary species may require altering the ways that Western science has considered the categories of nature, culture, and self.

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进化发育生物学和可持续性：复原力生物学

进化发育生物学，尤其是生态发育生物学，对于讨论可持续性和对全球气候变化的反应至关重要。首先，本文探讨了成功改变其发育以适应人为环境变化的动物的例子。接下来，我们记录了全球变暖破坏那些具有温度依赖性性别决定或物候协调该生物体与其他物种的生物体发育的生物体发育的能力。智人的耐热性还与有关大脑发育和维持的关键发育因素有关，并且讨论了与全球变暖以及其他人为变化有关的热带珊瑚礁的基石生物珊瑚的发育。虽然本文未讨论致畸和干扰内分泌的化合物，但强调了草甘膦除草剂阻止昆虫发育的能力。最后，本文讨论了将发育生物学与生态、政治、宗教和经济观点创造性地结合起来的必要性，因为当代物种的繁荣可能需要改变西方科学对自然、文化和自我类别的考虑方式。