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Popular Article: Ethology

The egg-rolling behavior of the greylag goose is a widely cited example of a fixed-action pattern

Ethology is a branch of zoology concerned with the study of animal behavior. Ethologists take a comparative approach, studying behaviors ranging from kinship, cooperation, and parental investment, to conflict, sexual selection, and aggression across a variety of species. Ethology emerged as a discrete discipline in the 1920s, through the efforts of Konrad Lorenz, Karl von Frisch, and Niko Tinbergen, who were jointly awarded the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their contributions to the study of behavior.

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-text='''Solomon''' was the son of king [[David]] and the third king of the united [[Kingdom of Israel]], which at that time also included the [[Kingdom of Judah]]. Solomon is traditionally credited with the authorship of the ''Song of Solomon,'' the ''Proverbs,'' and ''Ecclesiastes.'' Solomon's birth is considered a grace from God, after the death of the previous child between David and [[Bathsheba]].
+text='''Ethology''' is a branch of [[zoology]] concerned with the study of [[animal]] [[behavior]]. Ethologists take a comparative approach, studying behaviors ranging from kinship, cooperation, and parental investment, to [[conflict]], sexual selection, and aggression across a variety of [[species]]. Ethology emerged as a discrete discipline in the 1920s, through the efforts of [[Konrad Lorenz]], [[Karl von Frisch]], and [[Niko Tinbergen]], who were jointly awarded the 1973 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] for their contributions to the study of behavior.
-According to the Bible, Solomon was the builder of the first [[Jerusalem Temple|Temple in Jerusalem]]. He was renowned for his great wisdom, wealth, and power. He is described as an Israelite potentate of unequaled reach in biblical history, his empire's borders stretching from the [[Euphrates River|Euphrates]] to the [[Nile River|Nile]]. He founded an international court and created a modern bureaucracy to complete the centralization of power in his realm. However, this king of a supposedly great empire is nowhere evident in ancient sources from his time outside of the [[Bible]].
-The biblical portrait of Solomon is paradoxical. On the one hand, he is portrayed as a pious king of supreme, divinely-endowed wisdom. On the other, he foolishly allowed his love for his foreign wives to lead him into [[idolatry]]. His administrative policies and heavy taxes caused disaffection among the populace, especially of the northern tribes. His sin, and these policies, were ultimately responsible for the splitting of his kingdom in two and the eventual fall of both Israel and Judah into the hands of foreign invaders.
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