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In the history of both animal and human ethology the direct observation of unstaged interactions in a natural habitat plays a critical role for methodological and theoretical considerations. Even when ethologists think that they already know much about adaptations and the ways in which they interact with the environment, the principles which have been involved in the evolution of increasingly complex human behaviour are still not very well understood.
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Grammer, K., Filova, V., Fieder, M. (1996). The Communication Paradox and Possible Solutions. In: Schmitt, A., Atzwanger, K., Grammer, K., Schäfer, K. (eds) New Aspects of Human Ethology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-585-34289-4_6
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