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Letter: Considering The Selfish Gene 50 years on (3)

Published 10 June 2026

From John Woodgate, Rayleigh, Essex, UK

It has been pointed out that The Descent of Man would have been more welcome as The Ascent of Man. Similarly, I think that The Selfish Gene (which implies an immoral motivation) might have been better received, and even understood, as The Single-Minded Gene.

Issue no. 3599 published 13 June 2026

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