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

[Sayan Bhattacharyya]

On 8/8/07, Mark Lause <MLause at cinci.rr.com> wrote:

>
> When they say it's due to genetic AND environmental or cultural reasons,
> they're saying absolutely nothing.  It's like saying that pickpocketing is
> genetic because you evolved hands.

But almost *everything* is due to genetic AND environmental reasons.
Very few things are caused by purely one or the other. The environment
(and other genes) profoundly influence how a gene gets "expressed" as
a phenotypic effect. This is now widely  accepted in biology.