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In 1972, the English ethologist John H. Crook distinguished comparative ethology from social ethology, and argued that much of the ethology that had existed so far was really comparative ethology—examining animals as individuals—whereas, in the future, ethologists would need to concentrate on the behaviour of social groups of animals and ...
Konrad Zacharias Lorenz (Austrian German pronunciation: [ˈkɔnʁaːd tsaxaˈʁiːas ˈloːʁɛnts] ⓘ; 7 November 1903 – 27 February 1989) was an Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist.
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Human ethology is the study of human behavior. Ethology as a discipline is generally thought of as a sub-category of biology, though psychological theories have been developed based on ethological ideas (e.g. sociobiology, evolutionary psychology, attachment theory, and theories about human universals such as gender differences, incest avoidance, mourning, hierarchy and pursuit of possession).
Nikolaas "Niko" Tinbergen FRS [1] (/ ˈ t ɪ n b ɜːr ɡ ən / TIN-bur-gən, Dutch: [ˈnikoː(laːs) ˈtɪmbɛrɣə(n)]; 15 April 1907 – 21 December 1988) was a ...
It was here that his most famous experiment, the mouse universes (the most famous of which is universe 25), was created. [1] In July 1968, four pairs of mice were introduced into the habitat. The habitat was a 9-foot (2.7 m; 110 in; 270 cm) square metal pen with 4.5-foot-high (1.4 m; 54 in; 140 cm) sides.
Dian Fossey (/ d aɪ ˈ æ n / dy-AN; January 16, 1932 – c. December 26, 1985) was an American primatologist and conservationist known for undertaking an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups from 1966 until her murder in 1985. [1]
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