The Biology of Behaviour

Shows that the interaction between genes and the environment is a complex interactive one, in which animals (including, and particularly, the human species) influence and change their environments, rather than simply being passively selected by them.

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Written by the animal behaviourist, Patrick Bateson, this book challenges the sterile nature/nurture debate, to show that the interaction between genes and the environment is a complex interactive one, in which animals (including, and particularly, the human species) influence and change their environments, rather than simply being passively selected by them.