... societies where they didn't. Huh? You seem to be confusing social evolution with biological evolution. Useful practices, skills, knowledge, is transmitted culturally, not biologically. Rights are not just a useful practice, skill or ... the genes. That is "social learning." There is a biological predisposition, just as for language learning. But as respect ...

... where people have had rights have outcompeted societies where they didn't. Huh? You seem to be confusing social evolution with biological evolution. Useful practices, skills, knowledge, is transmitted culturally, not biologically. They are transmitted and disseminated by teaching and example, not via the genes. That is "...

... where people have had rights have outcompeted societies where they didn't. Huh? You seem to be confusing social evolution with biological evolution. Useful practices, skills, knowledge, is transmitted culturally, not biologically. They are transmitted and disseminated by teaching and example, not via the genes. That is "...