Conclusion

Let us move on to predator-prey relationships between megafauna and human hunter/ gatherers. Or introduce domestication and consider the relationship between reflexive strategies of wolves and humans whose flocks they predate. Over time human thoughtdriven strategies of flock protection will reduce wolf predation and increase flock size, thus in turn making wolf predation more successful. Over time, variations in the size and spread of flocks will select for variation in strategies of risk taking by wolves, when flocks are smaller favoring wolves hard wired for risk aversion and then when they increase selecting for wolves hard wired for risk taking. Or perhaps risk-taking and risk-averse strategies are not hard wired but the result of wolves’ cognitive processes.