Re: Evolution, "adaptation", and what's currently adaptive

Bryant (mycol1@unm.edu)
9 Sep 1996 15:22:17 -0600

In article <lpiotrow.430.32346B16@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>,
Len Piotrowski <lpiotrow@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> wrote:
>In article <50q0i1$72s@news.sdd.hp.com> geroldf@sdd.hp.com (Gerold Firl) writes:
>>The hamadryas baboon manifests behavior which looks an awful lot like
>>"jealousy".
>
>It seems to me you confuse a dominance hierarchy with "jealousy."

Hm. Looks to me like you're confusing hierarchy with the motivational
states and resulting behaviors maintaining hierarchy.

Bryant