BIO 1130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Superorganism, Bmw M52, Sampling Error

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biology
• Course: BIO 1130
• Professor: Jon Houseman

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Physical science: tries to say heres the world this is how its work, according to the universal eq. S42: both sciences are doing the same, they ask questions about whats happening in the world and whats causing the plants to grow n question natural stuff, or trying to define the how the universe work. Ultimate vs proximal, if you spray plants with pesticide the bugs go away but in 10 years youre gonna have to bump up the le(cid:448)el of the pesti(cid:272)ide, that"s p(cid:396)o(cid:454)i(cid:373)al. S45: giraffes are the only animals where on male to male aggression kill each other. So maybe the head is a weapon (potentially), which would give them a superiority to females thus saying that the long neck is for sexual competition and not for food competition. S46: 1930 the 2 sciences start to come together, a(cid:374)d ag(cid:396)ee that the(cid:396)e"s a(cid:374) essence. Birds creating a super organism and working together in a flock. (swarm behavior)