Re: Definition of Race

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In article <cas.465.0007B03E@ops1.bwi.wec.com>,
Bob Casanova <cas@ops1.bwi.wec.com> wrote:
>In article gupta@mrspock.mt.att.com (Arun Gupta) writes:
>>From: gupta@mrspock.mt.att.com (Arun Gupta)
>>Subject: Re: Definition of Race
>>Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 03:26:19 GMT
>
>>We humans are supposed to possess instincts that determine our
>>societies, and in particular, "dominance hierarchies".
>
>>Well, then, we humans seem to undergo periodic revolutions in our
>>instincts. That is, there is nothing so constant as the inconstancy
>>of our instincts.
>
>Examples?
>
>Bob C.

What is an instinct ? "The native or hereditary factor in behavior" ?
If so, is human behavior appropriately described by instincts ?
In particular, the 1920s saw women admitted into the "dominance hierarchies"
when they won the right to vote. Imagine the equivalent change in
gorilla society. Isn't that revolutionary ?

-arun gupta

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