"Almost nothing is known from hybridization studies about the inheritance of courtship behavior of females, or of their responsiveness to particular male signals."

Behavior, Courtship, Inheritance, Nothing

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"Almost nothing is known from hybridization studies about the inheritance of courtship behavior of females, or of their responsiveness to particular male signals."

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"The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown language."

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian Philosopher

Behavior, Language, Mankind

"Most of the men had simple souls. They could relate facts, but they said very little about what they dimly felt."

Theodore Roosevelt, American President

Behavior, Observation, Truth, Humanity, Simplicity

"A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at by a man in fever. Just so should a wise man treat all mankind, as a physician does his patient, and look upon them only as sick and extravagant."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

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"For a woman a man will do many things that he'd turn his back on in an instant when alone; things he'd back away from, nine times out of ten, even when drunk adn with a bunch of his friends egging him on."

Stephen King, American Author

Behavior, Love, Truth, Power, Regret

"We are, or rather our natural desire to evade pain and to attain pleasure is, the primary reason we do or say every single thing we do or say."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

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"I waited. Women talk when they want to. Or don't."

Robert A. Heinlein, American Writer

Behavior, Patience, Communication, Women, Observation

"Acceptable hypocrisy is often called politeness."

Shannon L. Alder, American Author

Behavior, Hypocrisy, Politeness, Deceit, Truth

"Often a woman that doesn't have any business being in a fight is there because their ego thinks it can mend what other people can't. It's either superiority or a second chance to heal a wound they have, by meddling on your battlefield."

Shannon L. Alder, American Author

Behavior, Ego, Woman, Healing, Fight

"No man is exempt from saying silly things, the mischief is to say them deliberately."

Michel de Montaigne, French Philosopher

Behavior, Speech, Mistake, Humor, Judgment

"Cruel people offer pity when they no longer feel threatened. However, kind people offer compassion and understanding regardless."

Shannon L. Alder, American Author

Behavior, Cruelty, Kindness, Pity, Compassion

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"The divergence of songs in the new population away from those in the progenitor population would only be prevented if these processes were balanced by repeated immigration and subsequent breeding: song flow."

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"Exchange of breeding individuals between two populations tends to homogenize their gene pools."

Breeding

"The independent role of morphology in mate choice is revealed by the rare instances where the usual association between song and morphology is disrupted."

Choice

"Males transmit signals in courtship through behavioral displays."

Courtship

"To summarize, the particular song a male sings, and the behavioral responses of females to song and morphological signals, are not genetically inherited in a fixed manner but are determined by learning early in life."

Life

"Islands are known to differ in the food supply available to ground finches, mainly seeds."

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"The theory of founder effects does not explain how novel features like plumage traits arise."

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"The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown language."

"Most of the men had simple souls. They could relate facts, but they said very little about what they dimly felt."

"A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at by a man in fever. Just so should a wise man treat all mankind, as a physician does his patient, and look upon them only as sick and extravagant."

"For a woman a man will do many things that he'd turn his back on in an instant when alone; things he'd back away from, nine times out of ten, even when drunk adn with a bunch of his friends egging him on."

"We are, or rather our natural desire to evade pain and to attain pleasure is, the primary reason we do or say every single thing we do or say."

"I waited. Women talk when they want to. Or don't."

"Acceptable hypocrisy is often called politeness."

"Often a woman that doesn't have any business being in a fight is there because their ego thinks it can mend what other people can't. It's either superiority or a second chance to heal a wound they have, by meddling on your battlefield."

"No man is exempt from saying silly things, the mischief is to say them deliberately."

"Cruel people offer pity when they no longer feel threatened. However, kind people offer compassion and understanding regardless."

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"Species can be recognized by their morphological characteristics and songs."

"Thus mating of females was strictly along the lines of paternal song."

"Plumage features constitute a major component of courtship signals."

"The divergence of songs in the new population away from those in the progenitor population would only be prevented if these processes were balanced by repeated immigration and subsequent breeding: song flow."

"Exchange of breeding individuals between two populations tends to homogenize their gene pools."

"The independent role of morphology in mate choice is revealed by the rare instances where the usual association between song and morphology is disrupted."

"Males transmit signals in courtship through behavioral displays."

"To summarize, the particular song a male sings, and the behavioral responses of females to song and morphological signals, are not genetically inherited in a fixed manner but are determined by learning early in life."

"Islands are known to differ in the food supply available to ground finches, mainly seeds."

"The theory of founder effects does not explain how novel features like plumage traits arise."