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A Defense of Sociobiology [PDF]

Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology, 2009
To counter recent claims that sociobiology is in disarray or requires reformulation, I discuss the semantics, theory, and data that underlie the field. A historical perspective is used to identify the cause of current debates. I argue that semantic precision is required in discussing terms such as kin selection, group selection, and altruism, but once ...
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Selfish or altruistic? An analysis of alarm call function in wild capuchin monkeys, Cebus apella nigritus [PDF]

, 2008
Alarm calls facilitate some antipredatory benefits of group living but may endanger the caller by attracting the predator's attention. A number of hypotheses invoking kin selection and individual selection have been proposed to explain how such behaviour
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La sociobiología y el naturalismo contemporáneo. Sociobiology and the contemporary naturalism.

Psicoespacios, 2010
Sociobiology and the contemporary naturalism.   Resumen   Se trata en este artículo de hacer avanzar el tema de la ética naturalizada y el naturalismo contemporáneo en el que es de suma importancia la Sociobiología.
Luis Gilberto Gómez Restrepo
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A new innovative real-time tracking method for flying insects applicable under natural conditions

BMC Zoology, 2021
Background Sixty percent of all species are insects, yet despite global efforts to monitor animal movement patterns, insects are continuously underrepresented.
Thomas Walter, Jacqueline Degen, Keram Pfeiffer, Anna Stöckl, Sergio Montenegro, Tobias Degen   +5 more
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Evidence for social role in a dolphin social network [PDF]

, 2006
Social animals have to take into consideration the behaviour of conspecifics when making decisions to go by their daily lives. These decisions affect their fitness and there is therefore an evolutionary pressure to try making the right choices.
Lusseau, David
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Sociobiology and Human Nature: A Perspective from Catholic Theology

Zygon, 1998
This paper addresses a nonspecialist audience on how sociobiological accounts of human nature might be relevant to Christian theology. I begin with some confessional remarks to clarify what I mean by Christian theology and how I understand it to be ...
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The Role of Celestial Compass Information in Cataglyphis Ants during Learning Walks and for Neuroplasticity in the Central Complex and Mushroom Bodies

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2017
Central place foragers are faced with the challenge to learn the position of their nest entrance in its surroundings, in order to find their way back home every time they go out to search for food.
Robin Grob, Pauline N. Fleischmann, Kornelia Grübel, Rüdiger Wehner, Wolfgang Rössler   +4 more
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Comparing the Appetitive Learning Performance of Six European Honeybee Subspecies in a Common Apiary

Insects, 2021
The Western honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) is one of the most widespread insects with numerous subspecies in its native range. How far adaptation to local habitats has affected the cognitive skills of the different subspecies is an intriguing question that
Ricarda Scheiner, Kayun Lim, Marina D. Meixner, Martin S. Gabel   +3 more
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The Effects of Fat Body Tyramine Level on Gustatory Responsiveness of Honeybees (Apis mellifera) Differ between Behavioral Castes

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 2017
Division of labor is a hallmark of social insects. In the honeybee (Apis mellifera) each sterile female worker performs a series of social tasks. The most drastic changes in behavior occur when a nurse bee, who takes care of the brood and the queen in ...
Ricarda Scheiner, Brian V. Entler, Andrew B. Barron, Christina Scholl, Markus Thamm   +4 more
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Analysis of Synaptic Microcircuits in the Mushroom Bodies of the Honeybee

Insects, 2020
Mushroom bodies (MBs) are multisensory integration centers in the insect brain involved in learning and memory formation. In the honeybee, the main sensory input region (calyx) of MBs is comparatively large and receives input from mainly olfactory and ...
Claudia Groh, Wolfgang Rössler
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