When She Is Teaching a Class on "Our Human Heritage

Multiple Choice

When she is teaching a class on "Our human heritage," Prof. Shelbourne, a sociobiologist, is likely to contend that:

A) evolution has bred into each of us a tendency to act in ways that maximize our chances of passing on our genes.
B) evolution can explain simple behaviours, such as smiling or recognizing emotions, but it cannot account for complex social customs, such as altruism.
C) it is simplistic and misleading for researchers to study nonhuman species and argue by analogy that humans have characteristics with similar evolutionary origins.
D) explanations of infidelity and monogamy are based on stereotypes of gender differences, not the actual behaviour of human beings.