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Gulls and Plovers
Barnard, C. J.; Thompson, D. B. A.
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Description for Gulls and Plovers
Paperback. Series: Studies in Behavioural Adaptation. Num Pages: 302 pages, 61 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 492.
In the early years of this century a Scottish doctor speculated on the evolutionary origin of human tears. It seemed to him that with the increase in brain size and cognitive powers of our early ancestors many events in the struggle for existence would be just too distressing to observe. How comforting then, for the mother, distraught by the sight of her child being devoured by a lion, to cloud her vision with a flood of tears! Just so, though if the good doctor had pondered further, the following picture might have occurred to him, comfortable in his speculative armchair, ... Read more
In the early years of this century a Scottish doctor speculated on the evolutionary origin of human tears. It seemed to him that with the increase in brain size and cognitive powers of our early ancestors many events in the struggle for existence would be just too distressing to observe. How comforting then, for the mother, distraught by the sight of her child being devoured by a lion, to cloud her vision with a flood of tears! Just so, though if the good doctor had pondered further, the following picture might have occurred to him, comfortable in his speculative armchair, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Behavioural Adaptation
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401086523
SKU
V9789401086523
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Reviews for Gulls and Plovers
Gulls and Plovers tells a fascinating story of give and take ...At every turn, predictions derived from optimal foraging theory and detection theory are tested with quantitative data. This is one of a growing number of studies emerging from the presses after lengthy gestation. They will confound the critics who have so vociferously denounced the ... Read more