Hamilton documentary Flashcards
1
Q
Hamilton was in the congo collecting … …, as he was convinced that AIDS had been caused by american scientists experimenting on apes.
A
chimpanzee faeces
2
Q
He contracted … and refused to take …-… medication, instead taking …, which lodged in his gut and caused a haemorrhage that killed him.
A
Malaria, anti-malarial, aspirin
3
Q
Hamilton noticed that some ants sacrificed themselves to predators for the benefit of the rest of the group
A
hmmm
- why did humans behave in the same way - what was in it for them
4
Q
Hamilton was convinced that human behaviour could be explained by…
A
genetics - he knew he had to explain the puzzle of altruism
5
Q
George … found a paper by Hamilton full of equations, developing the mathematics.
A
Price
