Genetics
Why We Do It
Rethinking Sex And The Selfish Gene.
Author:
Eldredge, Niles
Isbn 13:
9780393326956
ISBN: 0393326950
Pub Date:
Jun 1, 2005
Publisher:
W. W. Norton
Shipping Weight: 0.56 pounds
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Whereas other scientists dismiss human sexuality as a helpless response to the same deep set biological imperatives that govern the behavior of lesser animals, the author points to various examples of customs, taboos, lawas, and other cultural forces that run counter to our most primal desires. Directly assaulting the reductionist selfish gene theory, Eldredge draws on Darwin's ideas about evolution as well as modern economic theory to describe the delicate cultural and societal interaction that exists between survivial, sex, and procreation in the human species.
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