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Revision as of 16:03, 24 March 2006 by Pete.Hurd (talk | contribs) (use prior to Dawkins & Krebs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Not only between prey & predator, but also between signaller & receiver for eg.
Does anyone know who originated term "arms race" in a biological context? Was it Dawkins? The Dawkins & Krebs paper is cited everywhere, so everybody appears to acknowledge this as the source of the analogy, but is that really so? --Julian Togelius 15:40, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
- Dawkins and Krebs cite H.B. Cott 1940 as a prior example of the metaphor in use in biology. Pete.Hurd 16:03, 24 March 2006 (UTC)