According to Buss, the sociobiological fallacy refers to:?

a. ?the contention that we merely live to pass copies of our genes into the next generation
b. ?the idea that behaviors were selected in our evolutionary past because they solved problems
c. ?the application of Darwinian principles to human social behavior
d. ?a behavioral tendency now exists because it contributed to the survival of a species


ANSWER:
a

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