larschittka.bsky.social
Lars Chittka, Professor of Sensory and Behavioural Ecology and author of The Mind of a Bee
👤 Joined on 13 October 2023
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@larschittka.bsky.socialFrom Aristotle to the end of the C19, people believed that mutilation could be transmitted to offsping (e.g. amputees giving birth to amputated children). The earliest use of the obvious counter-example seems to have been in Prichard’s “Researches into the physical history of man” (1813):
Show PostYou mean it’s not to do with their eye facets being hexagonal?!?!
Show PostLast week, we took part in the University of Florence’s “Bright Night”. There were so many people and children ....and so much fun! We hope we sparked some curiosity and answered a few questions about how we study the minds and behaviour of social insects!!
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