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... Darwinian Revolution, how was it possible for the Nobel Prize-winning geneticist Hermann J. Muller to declare in 1959 that "One Hundred Years without Darwinism Are Enough"? Remarkably, what Muller deplored was precisely the absence of ...
... Darwinian Revolution, how was it possible for the Nobel Prize-winning geneticist Hermann J. Muller to declare in 1959 that "One Hundred Years without Darwinism Are Enough"? Remarkably, what Muller deplored was precisely the absence of ...
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... Darwinian Revolution in religion, philosophy, and social theory has been, until recently, a limited one because it has left human psyches and societies virtually untouched. Why has this been so? What have been seen as the philosophical ...
... Darwinian Revolution in religion, philosophy, and social theory has been, until recently, a limited one because it has left human psyches and societies virtually untouched. Why has this been so? What have been seen as the philosophical ...
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Contents
From Metaphysics to Molecular Biology | 44 |
From Molecular Biology to Social Theory | 77 |
The Natural Theology of E O Wilson | 96 |
The Popularization of Human Sociobiology | 136 |
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The Social Meaning of Modern Biology: From Social Darwinism to Sociobiology Howard Kaye Limited preview - 2017 |
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