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John Dupre - Beyond Human Genetics
The genome is an integrated whole that interacts continuously with the environment in human development. This undermines both evolutionary psychology and the idea that single genes define people. The relevance of genomics to medicine has yet to be determined, but its limited relevance for understanding human nature is already clear. John is Professor of Philosophy of Science and Head of Sociology at the University of Exeter, and has previously worked at Stanford and Birkbeck. His latest publications are Human Nature and the Limits of Science (Oxford, 2001) and Humans and Other Animals (Oxford, 2002).