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2. Behavioral Evolution

Stanford · 7.8M views · 2011-02-02 · 1:36:57

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Stanford biologist Robert Sapolsky lectures on the evolution of behavior, including the Prisoner's Dilemma and tit-for-tat strategies in animals. It is part of his Human Behavioral Biology course.

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Recommended in game-theory and cooperation threads, with the whole lecture series endorsed.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2016–2021

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jonas_kgomo · 2021-02 · Strong recommendation

Besides the gut flora being capable of some neurological effects it has demonstrated to be psychoactive. Professor Robert Sapolsky[1] has an amazing course on Behavorial Evolution. The toxoplasmic gondii comes from the rat -> cat -> gut -> brain, it is profound that side effects in the brain are chemically constructed from the stomach. Considering that most animals do not even have a brain,but usually have a stomach, it is evident that the gut is underestimated in the evolutionary tree. [1] [VIDEO]

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philipov · 2017-02 · Strong recommendation

> Looking at the long history of evolution, I'd say no. This entire lecture series on Human Behavioral Biology is worth watching from the beginning, but I've linked to a moment where Sapolsky describes tit-for-tat strategies arising in animals. First example: Vampire Bats. []: [VIDEO]

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remolueoend · 2020-05 · Recommendation

There is a great lecture from Robert Sapolsky/Stanford [2010] about behavioral evolution / prisoner's dilemma / tit for tat strategy: [VIDEO]

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