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The main points being made by Paul Ehrlich in this particular article are simply that we, the human race, are not controlled by innate programs, and tries to answer all the questions on why we act the way we do. The author also firmly believes that, contrary to prevailing notion, that human nature is not the same from society to society or from individual to individual, nor is it a permanent attribute of Homo sapiens. He states directly “the background needed to begin to answer all the whys (on our behavior as individuals) lies within the domain of human biological and cultural evolution, in the gradual alterations in genetic and cultural information possessed by humanity. ... I feel that another strong point he tries hard to get across is that the force of evolution, which is very powerful, however cannot control everything. For instance our beliefs, preferences, actions and even certain characteristics will never be affected by evolution. ... Another strong argument made in this article is the human nature analogy to canyons. This really makes you think deeply of the term human nature and what it really means and how important it truly is. There really is no such thing as human nature and not one human nature is identical to the next, so therefore human nature does not exist but many different human natures do.
Approximate Word count = 1090
Approximate Pages = 4.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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