Evolutionary biological theory makes some pretty remarkable assertions about human beings in relation to the rest of life on our planet. Most of us are familiar with many of these, which include that all life has evolved from a common single-celled ancestor, random mutations produce beneficial results, and that humanity is nothing more than a primate with elevated reasoning functions. As a result of this last aspect, people are valued at the same level as orangutans, whales, and naked mole […]