Evolutionary Approach to Animal Behaviour - Theories and Research

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If traits are heritable offspring that resemble parents will increase in frequency over time producing evolutionary change

Barcow 1995

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naturally occuring selection - when certain differences allow higher reproductive success

Bynum 2009

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first phylogenetic tree of life

Darwin 1837

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lamarckism is the inheritance of acquired characteristics

Lamb 1999

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Central Dogma, DNA makes RNA which codes to make different proteins which leads to variation

Crick 1970

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Variation not always because of evolution, increasing UK heigh

Floud, Gregory and Wachter 1990

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If natural selection favours groups we assume animals modify their behaviour for the good of the group

Wynne Edwards

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Selfish individual then leads to selfish group

George Williams

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homology explains similarities due to a common ancestor

Gould 1986

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Three sets of primate characteristics that we obtained

Benton 1990

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Positive expressions are involved in social cohesion and communication

Fredrickson 2001

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Laughter and Smiles are part of our language

Vettin and Todt 2004

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Spliced flowers to observe effects of genes

Gregor Mendel

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Timburgens 4 whys

Functional, phylogenetic/evolutionary, ontogenetic/developmental, proximate/mechanical

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conditions required for evolution of a plastic behaviour

Variation in history of the environment, optimal phenotype must differ between environments, consistent mapping between environment and optimal phenotypes should occur, there should be reliable and predictive cues of the environmental future

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imprinting is innate but object of imprinting is not

Hess 1958

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constraints of learning shettleworth 1972

Timing, Plausibility of association, Evolutionary preparedness

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