Which of the following is/are PROXIMATE questions regarding behavior? (select ALL that apply!) Why did that behavior increase fitness? Where and how did the behavior arise in the past history of this lineage? What physiologically allowed a given individual to do a behavior? What environmental cue triggered the behavior in a given individual? How is the behavior acquired over an individual's lifetime?
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