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... behavior , in all kinds of organisms , including man . The enterprise has old roots . Much of its basic information and some of its most vital ideas have come from ethology , the study of whole patterns of behavior of organisms under ...
... behavior , in all kinds of organisms , including man . The enterprise has old roots . Much of its basic information and some of its most vital ideas have come from ethology , the study of whole patterns of behavior of organisms under ...
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... behavior . It is also interesting to speculate that if people were somehow raised from birth in an environment devoid of most cultural influence , they would construct basic elements of human social life ab initio . In short time new ...
... behavior . It is also interesting to speculate that if people were somehow raised from birth in an environment devoid of most cultural influence , they would construct basic elements of human social life ab initio . In short time new ...
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... behavior , such that they view it solely as the result of natural selection and thereby make their accounts untestable or a priori , seriously misconstrues the meaning of natural selection . I know of no single instance where any ...
... behavior , such that they view it solely as the result of natural selection and thereby make their accounts untestable or a priori , seriously misconstrues the meaning of natural selection . I know of no single instance where any ...
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ARISTOTLE The Generation of Animals | 1 |
WILLIAM PALEY | 36 |
MICHAEL DENTON Beyond the Reach of Chance | 47 |
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