James Bowery <[email protected]> wrote: Evolutionists -- or perhaps I should call them "pseudo-evolutionists" > believe that humans, unique among life forms, exhibit behavior not from > biological evolution but from cultural determinism. >
I have no idea who or what your are talking about here, and I suspect you do not know either. FYI, biologists (not "evolutionists") say that: 1. Humans are not unique among life forms. They resemble other primates and other intelligent species. 2. All behavior is caused by biology, and all biology is rooted in evolution. That is the opposite of what you said. In essence, all human behavior along with every aspect of physiology is the product of evolution. 3. Some human behavior is learned, or cultural. This is also true of other primates, and other intelligent species, such as wolves, crows, and other birds. This is why, for example, there are regional variations in crow calls. (An expert on crows can detect where an audio recording was made by the sounds of crows in the background. This has been done in police investigations, as I recall.) This is no contradiction with item 2. It means evolution has created a mechanism in many animals that allows them to mimic and learn behavior from other members of their species, and to take advantage of changes in the environment by devising new behaviors, and new uses of tools. Many species use tools of various types, such as seagulls dropping shells on rocks to break them open. - Jed
