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On our best behavior: optimality models in human behavioral ecology.
Studies in history and philosophy of biological and biomedical sciences - 1 Jun 2009
Driscoll Catherine
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This paper discusses problems associated with the use of optimality models in human behavioral ecology. Optimality models are used in both human and non-human animal behavioral ecology to test hypotheses about the conditions generating and maintaining behavioral strategies in populations via natural selection. The way optimality models are currently used in behavioral ecology faces significant problems, which are...
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