The Case Against the Selfish Gene
Richard Dawkins’ hypothesis buries a crucial part of life’s story. The post The Case Against the Selfish Gene appeared first on Nautilus.
by Alfonso Martinez Arias
Aug 04, 2023
3 minutes
ne person has done more than any other to put the notion of the gene at the center of our understanding of life on Earth and our being: Richard Dawkins. In 1976, Dawkins published . I still remember the electrifying effect it had on me when, as a student, I first read it. For Dawkins, roses, flies, slime molds, snails, condors, giraffes, humans—we’re all merely devices for gene replication. Our designs and behaviors are created by the genes
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