“The teaching conundrum had been solved. Teaching evolves where the costs are outweighed by the inclusive fitness benefits that result from the tutor's relatives being more likely to acquire the valuable information. Teaching is not favored when the pupil can… — Kevin N Laland Copy Share Image
“If efficient copying is adaptive, such that natural selection should favor greater and greater reliance on social as opposed to asocial learning, then the… — Kevin N Laland Copy Share Image
“Strategies that did well in competition with other strategies were not, however, those that maximized the returns to agents. Rather, we found a strong… — Kevin N Laland Copy Share Image
“When changes in one genetic trait are the source of selection for changes in a second, the rate of response in the latter depends… — Kevin N Laland Copy Share Image
“The teaching conundrum had been solved. Teaching evolves where the costs are outweighed by the inclusive fitness benefits that result from the tutor's relatives… — Kevin N Laland Copy Share Image
“The first finding that jumped out at us was that it is possible to learn too much ! In the tournament, investing lots of… — Kevin N Laland Copy Share Image
“Also renowned is the beautiful painting ceiling of the cave at Altamira, in Northern Spain. This was the first cave art to be discovered… — Kevin N Laland Copy Share Image