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Explain how behavior can play a role in the evolution of species

2006-09-18 13:44:55 · 6 answers · asked by Kevin Li 1 in Education & Reference Homework Help

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The assumption is that species, such as the human species, evolve because of the way they behave. For example, when man first learned how to use tools to make a weapon, it learned how to use that weapon to hunt. By learning to hunt, for example, it changed the way that the first societies evolved. Men hunted, women stayed at home. The more and the better they ate, the strong and bigger they became as a species, and the longer they could live.

The behaviors a society engages in change the way in which the society develops, much in the same way that the way that you behave, shapes the kind of person you will eventually become.

2006-09-18 13:51:18 · answer #1 · answered by Joe_D 6 · 0 0

Evolution theory is based on the premise that only the most adapted individuals survive.
If the behaviour consitutes an element for adaptation it can play such role, for instance, lets say a wolve. The more agressive wolves (behaviour) can be the most adapted to get more food and survive than the less agressive wolves.

2006-09-18 20:56:16 · answer #2 · answered by mfacio 3 · 0 0

If a species changes the way their behavior, then the species evolves so that new behavior can fit in their lives.

2006-09-18 20:47:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

You need to explain how behaviour (eating, walking, sleeping, hunting, etc) can effect evolution of species. Pick a behaviour. Explain how that behaviour could effect evolution.

2006-09-18 20:48:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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2006-09-18 20:54:48 · answer #5 · answered by Lavender 7 · 0 0

If certain animals feed at night, they develop better night-vision, if they did not they would die.

2006-09-18 20:53:13 · answer #6 · answered by Teresa V 3 · 0 1

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