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Article Abstract:

Scientific discoveries regarding a wide variety of subjects in the field of natural history are reported, focusing on the plant and animal life of Australia but also dealing with such life in Europe, South America, and Africa. Topics include the evolution of human beings after the Neanderthals, the home ranges of sleepy lizards, the parenting habits of penguins, cannibalistic habits of scorpions, the mating habits of Wasp Moths, and the possibility that the New Zealand kiwi may actually be Australian.

Author: McGhee, Karen, Fullagar, Richard, Major, Jason, Sullivan, Rachel, Clode, Danielle, Lee, Michael, Holden, Karina, Thomas, Abbie, Boles, Walter E.
Publisher: Australian Museum
Publication Name: Nature Australia
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1324-2598
Year: 2001
Africa, South America, History, Physiological aspects, Behavior, New Zealand, Natural history, Moths, Rats, Lizards, Neanderthals, Neanderthal man, Marsupialia, Marsupials, Penguins, Nature, Swallows, Wallabies, Scorpions, Chameleons

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First words: let's stick together

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Animal behaviour and communications are examined in order to find how the faculty of language in the narrow human sense evolved. According to William Noble, University of New England, language is a form of symbolic communication that has its root in behavioural evolution, rather than biological determinism.

Author: Fullagar, Richard
Publisher: Australian Museum
Publication Name: Nature Australia
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1324-2598
Year: 2004
Science & research, Animal behavior, Animal communication, Animal behaviour

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Fat-bellied sex for food

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This article examines the mating behavior of the dance fly family (Empididae). The females of the species have developed specialized traits to inflate their bellies with air and thus attract males.

Author: McGhee, Karen
Publisher: Australian Museum
Publication Name: Nature Australia
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1324-2598
Year: 2001
Sexual behavior in animals, Animal sexual behavior, Flies, Diptera

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Subjects list: Sexual behavior, Research, Australia
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