Nikolaas Tinbergen

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Meaning

Dutch zoologist who showed that much animal behavior is innate and stereotyped (1907-1988)

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Sociobiology uses Nikolaas Tinbergen 's four categories of questions and explanations of animal behavior. Source: Internet

In 1936 he met Dutch biologist Nikolaas Tinbergen, and the two collaborated in developing ethology as a separate sub-discipline of biology. Source: Internet

Lorenz's vision of the challenges facing humanity Nikolaas Tinbergen (right), Konrad Lorenz (left), 1978. Source: Internet

Nikolaas Tinbergen 's four categories of questions can help to clarify the distinctions between several different, but complementary, types of explanations. Source: Internet

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