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A climate of confusion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2017

Anne Campbell
Anne Campbell*
Affiliation:
Psychology Department, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, United [email protected]://www.dur.ac.uk/psychology/staff/?id=572
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Abstract

I identify two confusions and omissions in the target article. Confusion arises from failure to distinguish between a genetically transmitted adaptation and a conditional response to the environment, and from the elision of individual and societal adaptations. Despite points of similarity, there is no mention of Rushton's controversial theory of the climatic basis of race differences in violent crime. Sex differences are also ignored.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e82
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