Question 1:
How might both kin selection and kin recognition rules be useful in understanding cases of "adoption" in animals?
Question 2:
Imagine that you are studying two populations of tropical lizards that inhabit areas where high-quality food items are distributed patchily (i.e., it would take some time to travel from patch to patch). Lizard population A inhabits an area with high predation risk while lizard population B inhabits an areawith low predation risk (e.g., birds of prey). How might you expect foraging patterns to differ between these two lizard populations with respect to thetime spent in a given patch?
Question 3:
In winter most small seed-eating birds (titmice, chickadees, cardinals) in New England and other temperate habitats form mixed-flock assemblages. Why?
Question 4:
Work from neuroeconomics has shed light on the neurobiology of cooperation in humans. What sorts of evolutionary questions come to mind when you readabout these proximate studiesinneuroeconomics?
Question 5:
Don't like any of these questions? Ask one of your own, and then answer it. Note that your question should be substantive, just like your answer, and the question should be in a format that invites further discussion. Avoid questions like "Why are kittens cute?" or "Are sharks vicious?"