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dc.contributor.authorDupré, John
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-31T12:14:08Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the evolution of behaviour within a general perspective that sees evolution as the recurrence of processes, facilitated by a variety of behavioural and material inputs into development throughout the life cycle. The paper explores the ways in which behaviour is integrated into the reproduction of these developmental processes. One important conclusion of the analysis is that there is no reason to suppose that the rate of evolutionary change is limited, as evolutionary psychologists, in particular, have supposed, by the mechanisms for genetic transmission. This analysis also contributes to a broader picture which recognizes that biological entities are typically the sites of intersection of multiple processes, often on very different time scales. This is, indeed, a central reason why (more or less stabilized) processes must be treated as more fundamental than stable things in biology. The paper concludes with some reflections on how best to understand the flexibility of human nature.en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/bij.12106
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/14466
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherLinnean Society of Londonen_GB
dc.relation.urlhttp://www.linnean.org/Our-Publications/Our_Journals/Biological+Journalen_GB
dc.subjectdevelopmental systemsen_GB
dc.subjectepigeneticsen_GB
dc.subjectevolutionary psychologyen_GB
dc.subjecthuman natureen_GB
dc.titleThe Role of Behaviour in the Recurrence of Biological Processesen_GB
dc.date.available2014-01-31T12:14:08Z
dc.identifier.issn0024-4066
dc.descriptiontypes: Articleen_GB
dc.identifier.journalBiological Journal of the Linnean Societyen_GB


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