Many important behaviours are socially learned. For example, the acoustic structure of
courtship songs in songbirds is learned by listening to and interacting with conspecifics …

The possible evolutionary significance of epigenetic memory and codes is a key problem for
extended evolutionary synthesis and biosemiotics. In this paper, some less known original …

By applying learned rules, humans are able to accurately solve many problems with minimal
cognitive effort; yet, this sort of habit-based problem solving may readily foster a type of …

One of the many advantages of group living is the swift transfer of information between
group members. Social learning–learning from others–offers a quick and economical way to …

Living in groups has many advantages for individuals, such as access to social information
or protection against predators. The function and evolution of sociality and social information …

Animals have access to information produced by the behaviour of other individuals, which
they may use (“social information use”) and learn from (“social learning”). The benefits of …

L'histoire de vie d'un individu influence son phénotype et celui de sa descendance. Les
différentes composantes du système d'héritabilité incluant l'héritabilité génétique et …

Herd behaviour is a crucial aspect of antelope development and survival. Understanding
determinants of differences in herd composition is necessary to predict patterns of …

Mate-copying has been reported in many Vertebrate and Invertebrate species, including
animals as simple in appearance as Drosophila melanogaster. In this species, when a …

Résumé La copie de partenaire, ou «mate-copying» est un comportement bien documenté
chez de nombreuses espèces, parmi lesquelles des animaux en apparence aussi …