BIOLOGY 1M03 Quiz: Evolution of Human Behavior

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Extended phenotype: behavior including material culture is partly genetic o. It is also efect by our history, our life experiences shape our brain pathways which can then shape our gene expression and our phenotype. What about between two diferent cultures. o: humans are not the only ones; rats can learn from arbitrary cues and stimuli. Rats learn best via food: biological substrate learning itself has been an evolutionary change. What environment was it that shaped our genes? o. In fact our genes come from our ancestors" environment. Before we were restricted by diet, we shared food and were in small groups o. It takes a long time for evolutionary change. Weird studies western studies, however we are not necessary getting all of the human population and all cultures. Normative how they ought to behave. 1 lethal allele deleterious allele if you mate with a family member, and the child got the deleterious allele from both parents, they ofspring would die.