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Article #1422Re: Are Humans Naturally Monogamous?
From: Russell Turpin
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 1990 05:45
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 1990 05:45
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----- In article <1990Nov23 .015509.14871@massey.ac.nz> A.S.Chamove@massey.ac.nz (A.S. Chamove) writes: > If instinctive behaviour is only vestigial in humans then why > do we still breathe when we are asleep ... Breathing is not an instinct, but rather, a reflex. Behavior that is but one instance of a broad range that is possible to human nature, but whose instances are supported or suppressed by human culture, falls on the other side of what is instinctive. A pregnant cat's search for an out of the way place to bear kittens is an instinct. It is not reflexive: if all of the out of the way places available to her are unusable, she will give birth in the open. The cat's behavior is not cultural: she does not have to learn it from other cats. There are few human behaviors that fall between these parameters. A child's bonding to the adults who care for the child may be one such. Russell
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!turpin From: turpin@cs.utexas.edu (Russell Turpin) Newsgroups: sci.bio,alt.romance,soc.men,soc.women,soc.singles Subject: Re: Are Humans Naturally Monogamous? Summary: Breathing is NOT an instinct. Message-ID: <14977@cs.utexas.edu> Date: 23 Nov 90 05:45:59 GMT References: <1990Oct24.175532.9407@pmafire.UUCP> <15490@netcom.UUCP> <1990Oct26.000754.24765@odin.corp.sgi.com> <4836@lure.latrobe.edu.au> <1990Nov22.191009.20772@watserv1.waterloo.edu> <1990Nov23.015509.14871@massey.ac.nz> Followup-To: sci.bio Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 19