BIO 358 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Bolas Spider, Palatine Uvula, Worker Policing
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Topic: human language- cooperation and information exchange- part 1. Human kinship independent social cooperation evolved from animal social behavior. Explain emergence of our large brains- not only an adaptive opportunity, but also supported by human village in order for large brains to be selected for. Unique sexual behavior- ability to manage coi problem. Non human animals also communicate- communicate threat, and an elite way when it comes to songbirds. Sexual signaling is the purpose of the elite communication. When it comes to mammals- they will exchange info that could be false- in the case of mammalian young, youngster will learn to accept info from mother. Variation that accepts from mom and no one else gets to live another day. Female lions communicate with each other in order to hunt cooperatively and what about. Can be very specific about where they communicate and when they exchange info that may be false.
