ANT211H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ontogeny, Inclusive Fitness, Hymenoptera
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There are differences between individuals make individuals more reproductively successful than other: therefore, variation is the key. Where animals vary, and where those variations are at least partly inherited, the less successful varieties will be eliminated, and the more successful will become relatively numerous. A successful organisms traits must be passed on to descendants. The study of behavior based on darwinian paradigm. Basis in population genetics and evolutionary theory: according to sociobiology, all of the behaviours that we have in today"s society stem the reproductive idea. The idea that we are subconsciously all trying to optimize our reproductive success: problems: cultural variables can often interplay, e. g. Wilson (father of sociobiology) is a naturalist who looked at large insect populations and determined that their behaviors were largely controlled by reproductive inherited. Natural selection allows us to answer to why questions of human behavior. 4 explanations to answer why in biology: proximate causation, concerns the direct mechanisms that bring something about.
