01:920:240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Paul Ekman, Harry Harlow, The Selfish Gene
11 Mar 2016
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Charles darwin (1809-1882: he"s unsurpassed in basic forms of life forms. Major change: evolution applies to humans as well as other life forms animals: humans are distinct from other species. Nearly half of americans still reject evolution. Social darwinism and eugenics: 1890s 1930s: social darwinist point of view thought that certain races by nature were in particular to certain environments. Aryan race was superior in germany, etc: eugenics movement wanted to get rid of people who had mental illnesses and disabilities. They wanted to raise the human quality of human race: hitler approved of the social darwinists of the genetics. This is the wrong way to think of darwinism. Revival of evolutionary theories since 1970s: humans part of nature: natural selection. Organisms best adapted to survive and reproduce get into next generation. White and black butterflies: on white environment, white butterflies have the advantage, and vice versa. Depends on environment e. g. industrial revolution. Darwin didn"t know the mechanism underlying inheritance.
