"Send a text sharing your thoughts about the episode." What is behavior and how does it evolve? What can animal behavior teach us about how we behave? In this episode, we hear from Dr. Marlene Zuk, who is an evolutionary biologist and behavioral ecologist at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Zuk shares her insights regarding how both genetics and environment influence behavior as well as society's tendency to project human characteristics onto animals. Dr. Zuk is a prolific author of numerous ...