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Ethologists have described the sensitive adjustments in behavior patterns characteristic of mammalian social groups. Maternal and paternal care of the young, hunting, gathering food, seeking shelter, the behavior of the dominant animal and the meshing support of subordinates do not develop spontaneously. Nor are they purely learned behavior, even in man. Rather they are a mixture of experience and prior programming and require the proper experience at the right time to develop appropriately.
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Henry, J.P., Stephens, P.M. (1977). The Critical Role of Early Experience and the Programming of Behavior. In: Stress, Health, and the Social Environment. Topics in Environmental Physiology and Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6363-0_4
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