Citation
Preti, Antonio (2018) Animal suicide: Evolutionary continuity or anthropomorphism?. Animal Sentience 20(10)
Commentary Type
Invited Commentary
Thread
David M. Peña-Guzmán, Can nonhuman animals commit suicide?
Abstract
Evolutionary processes are characterized by both continuity and discontinuity. Evidence on suicide in nonhuman animals is faint and often rests on the metaphorical or anthropomorphic use of the term. Suicidal behavior might be an evolutionary jump relatively recent in our species: a byproduct of living in groups of people who are not as closely related genetically as in social groups of nonhuman mammals.
DOI
10.51291/2377-7478.1297
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