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Phylogenetic and Cultural Adaptations in Human Behavior

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One method in ethology is the comparison of animal and human behavior and it is thus often accused of jumping to conclusions about man from the observations of animals.

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  1. Arbeitsgruppe für Humanethologie, Max Planck Institut für Verhaltensphysiologie, D-8136, Percha Kreis Starnberg, West Germany

    Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt

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  1. Kittay Scientific Foundation, USA

    George Serban

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Rutgers Medical School, USA

    Arthur Kling (Professor) (Professor)

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Eibl-Eibesfeldt, I. (1976). Phylogenetic and Cultural Adaptations in Human Behavior. In: Serban, G., Kling, A. (eds) Animal Models in Human Psychobiology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2184-2_6

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