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An Evolutionary Approach John Alcock. mies more regularly , found superior nesting sites , and so on . They tended to have more surviving offspring than those individuals that were less efficient foragers , less capable of evading ...
An Evolutionary Approach John Alcock. mies more regularly , found superior nesting sites , and so on . They tended to have more surviving offspring than those individuals that were less efficient foragers , less capable of evading ...
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... evolutionary biologists about the proximate and ultimate causes of behavior . Chapters Two , Three , and Four examine the underlying genetic and developmental mechanisms of behavior from an evolutionary perspective , and Chapters Five ...
... evolutionary biologists about the proximate and ultimate causes of behavior . Chapters Two , Three , and Four examine the underlying genetic and developmental mechanisms of behavior from an evolutionary perspective , and Chapters Five ...
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... evolutionary hypothesis . On closer inspection , however , there are several complementary explanations for these behav- iors that are completely consistent with evolutionary theory and that can be tested . 7 Opportunities to devise ...
... evolutionary hypothesis . On closer inspection , however , there are several complementary explanations for these behav- iors that are completely consistent with evolutionary theory and that can be tested . 7 Opportunities to devise ...
Contents
NATURAL SELECTION | 5 |
Alternative Hypotheses | 11 |
Experimental Tests of Evolutionary Predictions | 17 |
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