Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 17:26:29 -0600
Subject:  Re: human / social evolution -Reply


>  > Adam:
> > The explanation of the rise of human society must start with
> hominids in> their African environment, and use the laws of nature
to> explain why > human society developed.
>  > Lisa:  I take it in this case you mean the origin of human
forager> society. 
Adam:  I meant human society, as opposed to pre human society.
Lisa:  Right, same thing.  Got it.

Adam:
But the point I was making was that upto this point any explanation 
has to be basically evolutionary, but after it it has to be basically
social. [snip] The massive changes since then ( in a period of time
far quicker than evolutionary changes take, even accelerated ones )
must be explained by theories about society, I was arguing.

Lisa:  I know it's heresy in some circles, but I reject this
dichotomy.  'Evolutionary' and 'social' are not competitive,
exclusive, or incompatible categories, in my view.





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