Challenging Mark Twain's assertion that "man is the only one that lies.", we discover that deception is a widespread evolutionary strategy employed by various species for survival and reproduction. Please consider becoming a show <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/evolutiontalkshow">Patron</a> to help keep new episodes coming! Evolution Talk is also a book! You can find links to Amazon, Barnes & Noble and others on the front page of <a href="http://evolutiontalk.com/">EvolutionTalk.com</a>, or call your local bookstore and ask them to order a copy. Music in this Episode <ul> <li>Floating by Podington Bear, License (CC BY 3.0): Artist website: <a href= "http://soundofpicture.com/">soundofpicture.com</a></li> <li>Pretty Melody by Podington Bear, License (CC BY 3.0): Artist website: <a href= "http://soundofpicture.com/">soundofpicture.com</a></li> <li>Denouement by Podington Bear, License (CC BY 3.0): Artist website: <a href= "http://soundofpicture.com/">soundofpicture.com</a></li> <li>Mutinee by Podington Bear, License (CC BY 3.0): Artist website: <a href= "http://soundofpicture.com/">soundofpicture.com</a></li> </ul>

<description>&lt;p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words"&gt;Challenging Mark Twain's assertion that "man is the only one that lies.", we discover that deception is a widespread evolutionary strategy employed by various species for survival and reproduction.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Please consider becoming a show &lt;a href= "https://www.patreon.com/evolutiontalkshow"&gt;Patron&lt;/a&gt; to help keep new episodes coming!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Evolution Talk&lt;/em&gt; is also a book! You can find links to Amazon, Barnes &amp; Noble and others on the front page of &lt;a href="http://evolutiontalk.com/"&gt;EvolutionTalk.com&lt;/a&gt;, or call your local bookstore and ask them to order a copy.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Music in this Episode&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;Floating by Podington Bear, License (CC BY 3.0): Artist website: &lt;a href= "http://soundofpicture.com/"&gt;&lt;span class= "s2"&gt;soundofpicture.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;&lt;span class="s2"&gt;Pretty Melody by Podington Bear, License (CC BY 3.0): Artist website: &lt;a href= "http://soundofpicture.com/"&gt;soundofpicture.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;&lt;span class="s2"&gt;Denouement by Podington Bear, License (CC BY 3.0): Artist website: &lt;a href= "http://soundofpicture.com/"&gt;soundofpicture.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;&lt;span class="s2"&gt;Mutinee by Podington Bear, License (CC BY 3.0): Artist website: &lt;a href= "http://soundofpicture.com/"&gt;soundofpicture.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;</description>

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