Parental effort allocation evolves to track changed conditions
Evidence
No animal behaves in the same way irrespective of conditions. Nor, of course, do humans. Departures from the norm are not necessarily pathologies generated by abnormal conditions. They may well be highly adaptive responses to particular ecological conditions. — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 443 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Functional explanations work when behavior responds to incentives; Behavioral departures from norms can be adaptive responses — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 443
Related
- Current behavior need not reflect past evolutionary competition (similarity 0.82)
- Behavioral departures from norms can be adaptive responses (similarity 0.80)
- Functional explanations work when behavior responds to incentives (similarity 0.79)
- Parental care patterns evolve from fitness advantages to mutants (similarity 0.79)
- Animal and human behavior is highly contingent on circumstance (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Behavioral departures from norms can be adaptive responses
#expands(0.78) — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 443