Gadagkar, R (1998) Food fighters - Why do siblings fight with each other? A look at the science behind this universally common behaviour. In: Down to Earth, 1998 (June). pp. 24-25.
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Abstract
Why do siblings fight with each other? A look at the science behind this universally common behaviour. AMONG all the myriad animal, bird and insect species that we share this planet with, one behavioural phenomenon that has always interested scientists is that of parent-offspring and inter-sibling conflicts. Common to almost all these species - including humans - it has never failed to generate curiosity among experts who have continued studying these conflicts in their attempts to better understand the behaviour of these creatures. Though the reasons for such conflicts in humans are many, in most other species it centres around food, the basic means of survival.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | Down to Earth |
| Publisher: | Down to Earth |
| Keywords: | Food fighters, Food feuds, Inter-sibling conflicts, Left-over hypothesis |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Biological Sciences > Centre for Ecological Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Mar 2021 10:01 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Mar 2021 10:01 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/68155 |
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