Episode Synopsis "Lecture 5 - What Can Evolution Tell Us About Ourselves?"

Professor Russell Gray, The University of Auckland. Attempts to explain human behaviour in evolutionary terms have a mixed history. Today, crude social Darwinian and socio-biological explanations are increasingly being replaced by richer, more complex theories. Recorded 3 September in Hamilton.

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