What can animals tell us about war? | Mark Briffa | TEDxPlymouthUniversity

Animals frequently enter into fights over access to disputed resources. Can understanding how fighting animals make critical decisions, such as the decision to ‘give up’, give us insights into aggression in humans? In his talk, Mark will show how the logic of animal contests can be applied to our understanding of warfare. Originally from Newcastle upon Tyne, Mark has been on an academic tour of the UK, studying Biology at the University of Aberdeen and then Queen’s University Belfast for his PhD. Here, he was introduced to the common European hermit crab and to the idea that certain behaviours have evolved under natural selection. Mark is now Professor of Animal Behaviour at the University of Plymouth where he teaches across the university’s marine biology degrees, and, over 20 years after first encountering them, still studies aggressive behaviour in hermit crabs. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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