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Arik Kershenbaum on Exo-Biology in 'The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy'

The Science in The Fiction

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The Universal Aspects of Behavior

A large part of your book is dedicated to understanding the universal aspects of behavior, right? That behaviors are likely to be universal too. We have tended to invent strange looking aliens, but we don't need to invent strangely behaving aliens because the diversity right here on earth already includes behaviors that are shared on other planets. So as long as there's relatedness, there will be all of those behaviours that you mentioned,. communication and families and child rearing and living in groups that are largely family groups.

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