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a mbition: their ultimate goal is to reproduce--and in the process, to

overrun this world.

Despite the opinions of Montaigne, Rousseau, and their

contemporary followers, modern civilization is not the generator of

violence.  Nor is brutality limited to the "patriarchal" male.  The creator

of human savagery is nature, who works her ways through brain

segments bequeathed to both men and women by our animal

ancestors.  Ironically, it is female aggression that gives the greatest clue

as to why nature has found conflict so indispensable.  Creatures of

every species fight for the privilege of procreation.  They battle to

immortalize the replicators at their core.

No wonder the wives of ancient emperors and high-ranking

ladies of the gorilla clan have been out to corner the world for their

children.  No wonder Greek heroes, Yanomamo warriors, and

rampaging Romans have risked their lives in the hunt for new wombs

to sow.  Every time a sperm and egg spew a fresh creature into the

world, the victor is a gene.

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a mbition: their ultimate goal is to reproduce--and in the process, to

overrun this world.

Despite the opinions of Montaigne, Rousseau, and their

contemporary followers, modern civilization is not the generator of

violence.  Nor is brutality limited to the "patriarchal" male.  The creator

of human savagery is nature, who works her ways through brain

segments bequeathed to both men and women by our animal

ancestors.  Ironically, it is female aggression that gives the greatest clue

as to why nature has found conflict so indispensable.  Creatures of

every species fight for the privilege of procreation.  They battle to

immortalize the replicators at their core.

No wonder the wives of ancient emperors and high-ranking

ladies of the gorilla clan have been out to corner the world for their

children.  No wonder Greek heroes, Yanomamo warriors, and

rampaging Romans have risked their lives in the hunt for new wombs

to sow.  Every time a sperm and egg spew a fresh creature into the

world, the victor is a gene.