1. The Third Chimpanzee, by Jared Diamond
structure in each species is genetically determined.
Suppose further that structure changes slowly over the course of
millions of years because of genetic mutations, and that the rate
of change is the
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2. The Post-Darwinian Transition, by David Pearce
maladaptive gaps in the genetic fitness landscape.
For now, however, we're stuck unwittingly ringing the changes in
our own mediocre repertoire.
It's true that
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3. What's in a Classification?, by R. I. M. Dunbar
advances in molecular genetics
have revealed that the genetic similarities between humans and the
African apes are very close indeed: in genetic terms, the
differences are trivial, especially
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4. Language and the Orang-utan: The Old 'Person' of the Forest, by H. Lyn White...
our close genetic relatedness to apes and the extent of ape
intellectual and emotional abilities. We are wondering if apes
have the mental capacity to have culture, learn to speak, reason,
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5. The Concept of Beastliness: Philosophy, Ethics and Animal Behavior, by Mary ...
quite misplaced here. The genetic causes of human behavior need
not be seen as overwhelming any more than the social causes;
either lot is alarming if you treat it as predestined to win, but
no one is
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6. A Basis for (Interspecies) Equality, by Ingmar Persson
of how far down the phylogenetic ladder it is
correct to attribute consciousness and conative states to animals.
For my own part, I am strongly tempted to attribute them not only
to apes, but (at
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7. Animal Rights, Endangered Species and Human Survival, by Lewis Regenstein
factors such as climatic changes, the vast
majority of recent extinctions have been the result of human
cruelty, greed and foolishness.
Humans have, in the last
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