ANTHRO 128A Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Social Intelligence, Spatial Memory, Global Warming
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Forest fires, cattle ranching, clearing trees for agriculture. Extractive: how to get food out of nuts/etc - selective eating selects for larger brain. Meerkat a must modify behavior only in presence of na ve observer (pups) Pups were younger received more help than older ones - this shows modification of behavior. Kill a mobile prey for young pup but bring it the way it is for old pup. If helpers hear pups are small, they will feed more to the pups. If helpers hear pups are older, they feed less to the pups. Meerkat a incurs a cost/at least gets no immediate benefit. Can get injured themselves from scorpion tail, be attacked, etc. As a result of a"s behavior, meerkat b acquires knowledge or skills more rapidly or efficiently than it would otherwise have done. Det how long it took to handle scorpion.
