[Marxism] The transition to capitalism: is it in our genes?

[Sayan Bhattacharyya]

On 8/7/07, Auguste Blanqui <blanquist at gmail.com> wrote:

>  There's nothing that shows behavior is transmitted via genes.

Really?

Here's a reference (which I haven't read) which seems to suggest that
it is not improbable:

Hamilton, W. D. (1964) The genetical evolution of social behaviour.
Journal of Theoretical Biology 7: 1-52.

> And he
> doesn't even get evolutionary theory right -- he's talking about a
> dramatic change over the span of about a century!!!

That could be enough time. See:

"The evolution of the peppered moth over the last two hundred years
has been studied in detail. Originally, the vast majority of peppered
moths had light coloration, which effectively camouflaged them against
the light-colored trees and lichens which they rested upon. However,
due to widespread pollution during the Industrial Revolution in
England, many of the lichens died out, and the trees which peppered
moths rested on became blackened by soot, causing most of the
light-colored moths, or typica, to die off due to predation. At the
same time, the dark-colored, or melanic, moths, carbonaria, flourished
because of their ability to hide on the darkened trees."

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppered_moth_evolution>