Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 December 2022
In Chapter 7, we explored dichotomies between natural selection and various forces, explanations, and paradigms complementary to natural selection, such as random genetic drift and developmental mechanisms. Both poles of each of these multiple binaries need to be respected and, ultimately, integrated. As we have discovered throughout Our Genes, the dichotomy between individual and population calls for continuous measurement as well as careful comparison and conceptualization. In light of populational statistical analysis, genomics shows us that individuals differ but that individuals are also, in effect, almost the same, and certainly more similar than what social discourse typically suggests.
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