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Individual invention versus socio-ecological innovation: Unifying the behavioral and evolutionary sciences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 December 2007

Lauren McCall
Lauren McCall
Affiliation:
National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, Durham, NC 27705. [email protected]
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Abstract

Great promise for the evolutionary analysis of animal behavior lies in the distinction between generative novelties and the evolutionary innovations to which they can give rise. Ramsey et al. succeed in emphasizing the contribution of individual learning and intelligence to behavioral innovations, but do not correct the tendency to confound individual invention with socio-ecological or group-level innovation.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 30 , Issue 4 , August 2007 , pp. 418 - 419
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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