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What is ethology? |
The study of animal behavior |
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Who are some scientists that studied animal behavior? |
Goodall, Pavlov, Karl von Frisch, Konrad Lorenz, Nikolaas Tinbergen, Robert Hinde, Desmond Morris, David P. Barash, George B. Schaller |
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What is intelligence? |
The ability to learn from your own experience or other's experiences. |
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What is language? |
Something that lets us communicate and coordinate |
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Why is gossiping important? |
Form of language and communication, may tell someone or gain information about other individuals, mostly negative. |
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Why do humans have a distinct chin? |
Allows us to better form words, came with language development. |
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What is social Darwinism? |
social and biological behavior are related, we are subjected to the same laws of natural selection. Now largely discredited. |
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Who are social Darwinists? |
Hitler, Marx, Dawkins, Spencer, Huxleys, Engels |
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Name a book written by Jared Diamond. |
Guns, Germs, & Steel, Why is Sex Fun?, The Third Chimpanzee, Collapse, The World Until Yesterday |
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What is a gene pool? |
All the genes available in a population. |
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What are the 5 agents in which we can go through evolutionary change? |
Genetic drift, gene flow, selection, mutations, nonrandom mating |
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What are polymorphic traits? |
Multiple genes control them – eye color, skin color, etc. |
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What is a SNP? |
Single nucleotide polymorphisn, one nucleotide that has many variations. |
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What do women want in men? |
Money & good genes |
