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Feliz [49]
3 years ago
15

What is the difference between proximate causes and ultimate causes? Provide an example of each.

Biology
1 answer:
Sladkaya [172]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

A proximate cause is an event which is closest to, or immediately responsible for causing, some observed result. This exists in contrast to a higher-level ultimate cause (or distal cause) which is usually thought of as the "real" reason something occurred.

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