KUOW podcast, The Record, features David Barash discussing survival of the sneakiest
Survival of the fittest? Try survival of the sneakiest.
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It turns out all those fables might have been right after all: the witty animal is often the one that prospers.
Evolutionarily, do wits outmatch muscle? Folk tales of tricksters from around the world would suggest that they do, and now animal behavior studies might back that up. David Barash, professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Washington, explains why.
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