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An Evolutionary Approach John Alcock. THE EVOLUTION OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS The Origins of Communication Signals 449 ... Evolution of Societies 467 THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF SOCIAL LIVING 467 Degrees of Sociality in Prairie Dogs 469 ...
An Evolutionary Approach John Alcock. THE EVOLUTION OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS The Origins of Communication Signals 449 ... Evolution of Societies 467 THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF SOCIAL LIVING 467 Degrees of Sociality in Prairie Dogs 469 ...
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... evolved similar behavioral traits through CONVERGENT EVOLUTION ( Figure 4 ) . If a common ecological factor can be related to an apparent case of convergent evolution , this strengthens the argument that the trait represents an ...
... evolved similar behavioral traits through CONVERGENT EVOLUTION ( Figure 4 ) . If a common ecological factor can be related to an apparent case of convergent evolution , this strengthens the argument that the trait represents an ...
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... evolution of social behavior . There is an unfortunate tendency to think that the highly complex societies of some vertebrates , most conspicously our own human societies , represent a crown- ing achievement of evolution . To counteract ...
... evolution of social behavior . There is an unfortunate tendency to think that the highly complex societies of some vertebrates , most conspicously our own human societies , represent a crown- ing achievement of evolution . To counteract ...
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NATURAL SELECTION | 5 |
Alternative Hypotheses | 11 |
Experimental Tests of Evolutionary Predictions | 17 |
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