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Darwin as a Student of Behavior (2010)

Thierry, Bernard (Author)

Comptes Rendus Biologies
Volume: 333, no. 2
Issue: 2
Pages: 188-196

Publication Date: 2010
Edition Details: Part of a special issue, “A non-Darwinian Darwin”
Language: English

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Animal behavior Observation Behavioral sciences Evolution 19th century Darwin, Charles Robert

In The Expression of the Emotions, Charles Darwin documents evolutionary continuity between animals and humans, emphasizing the universality of expressions in man. Most of the book addresses human behavior, and its in uence on the study of animal behavior has been weak. The issue of natural selection is remarkably absent from this book, which relies on the inheritance of acquired characters rather than on a genuine Darwinian logic. Yet Konrad Lorenz considered Darwin to be a forerunner of behavioral biology. The reason was to be found in The Descent of Man and chapter VIII of The Origin of Species, where Darwin provides an explanation of behavior through selection, stating that the same mechanisms explaining morphological changes also account for gradual improvements in instincts. He assessed the accuracy of his evolutionary theory by directly studying animal behavior, hence laying the foundations of behavioral research for the next century

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Article Gayon, Jean; Veuille, Michel (2010) A Non-Darwinian Darwin: An Introduction. Comptes Rendus Biologies (pp. 83-86). unapi

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