Lasting Change Is A Series

Of Course We're All Programmed Genetically To Some Extent. But The "selfish Gene" Thesis Doesn't Explain Everything.

The Problem Of The Chimps Is That They Can Only Sit And Look. They Can't Discuss What They Feel. All That Feeling Is Trapped Within Each One.

If Plants Could Be Credited With Reasoning Powers, We Would Marvel At The Imaginative Ways They Bribe Or Ensnare Other Creatures To Carry Out Their Wishes.

The More We Learn Of The True Nature Of Non-human Animals, Especially Those With Complex Brains And Corresponding Complex Social Behavior, The More Ethical Concerns Are Raised Regarding Their Use In The Service Of Man - Whether This Be In Entertainment, As "pets," For Food, In Research Laboratories, Or Any Of The Other Uses To Which We Subject Them.

It Has Actually Been Suggested That Warfare May Have Been The Principle Evolutionary Pressure That Created The Huge Gap Between The Human Brain And That Of Our Closest Living Relatives, The Anthropoid Apes. Whole Groups Of Hominids With Inferior Brains Could Not Win Wars And Were Therefore Exterminated.