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> A whole host of so-called 'evolved behavior' is really little more than cultural norms that people have adopted and now view as natural and normal. That soun
by User23 4y ago
> A whole host of so-called 'evolved behavior' is really little more than cultural norms that people have adopted and now view as natural and normal.
That sounds plausible, but we really don’t know that it’s true. It’s obviously considerably more than just culture or genes, because, among other things, mating practices and thus gene flow are culturally determined. And then there’s epigenetics and confounds.
> The whole field is highly questionable and has little real value or scientific rigor.
This is true of all of mainstream evolutionary biology. Here is an article[1] touching on that.
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jun/28/do-we-need-a-new-theory-of-evolution https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jun/28/do-we-need-a...