The Most Unique of all Unique Species |
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| Authors: | Brad Lowell Stone |
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| Institution: | (1) Oglethorpe University, 4484 Peachtree Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30319, USA |
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| Abstract: | This article identifies the shortcomings of “orthodox neo-Darwinians” such as Richard Dawkins, George Williams and Daniel
Dennett in their efforts to describe human nature and human pro-social behavior. As an alternative to the views of these thinkers,
the efforts of Peter Richerson, Robert Boyd, and other “dual inheritance” theorists to describe the evolution of human nature
are also characterized. It is argued that dual inheritance theorists have surpassed the orthodox neo-Darwinians in their explanations
for very important and uniquely human features such as our extensive sociability, complex cumulative culture and morality.
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| Keywords: | Neo-Darwinism Human nature and origins Evolution Dual inheritance Coevolution |
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