so your saying, if a bird learns that something is bad, it will pass it down to its young as instinct?
A trait does not become instictive from one generation to the next, that's the beauty of species evolution. And if the individual learns something that is extraordinaril bad, chances are it will not survive to pass on its genes to offspring anyways!so your saying, if a bird learns that something is bad, it will pass it down to its young as instinct?
alright...Originally posted by Ronne
A trait does not become instictive from one generation to the next, that's the beauty of species evolution. And if the individual learns something that is extraordinaril bad, chances are it will not survive to pass on its genes to offspring anyways!
By the way, this is a great thread! Genetics and animal behaviour is a very interesting read if you have spare time.
I agree 100%. Humans are just babies on the evolutionary scale of things. Hard to believe that our little fishies are looking at us with all those years of instincts or knowledge or learned behaviour or whatever it is that we decided they have!!I think when we humans figure out how or if evolution works we will find out most of these answers. No one really knows how instincts are created and "altered"