<P> Theorizing on hominid foraging during the Aurignacian Blades et al (2001) defined the forager performing the activity to the optimal efficiency when the individual is having considered the balance of costs for search and pursuit of prey in considerations of prey selection . Also in selecting an area to work within the individual would have had to decide the correct time to move to another location corresponding to perception of yield remaining and potential yields of any given area available . </P> <P> The theory scientists use to understand group foraging is called the Ideal free distribution . This is the null model for thinking about what would draw animals into groups to forage and how they would behave in the process . This model predicts that animals will make an instantaneous decision about where to forage based on the quality (prey availability) of the patches available at that time and will choose the most profitable patch, the one that maximizes their energy intake . This quality depends on the starting quality of the patch and the number of predators already there consuming the prey . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section is written like a personal reflection or opinion essay that states a Wikipedia editor's personal feelings about a topic . Please help improve it by rewriting it in an encyclopedic style . (November 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section is written like a personal reflection or opinion essay that states a Wikipedia editor's personal feelings about a topic . Please help improve it by rewriting it in an encyclopedic style . (November 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr>

What are the key differences between the way humans and animals forage for food