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Complete Question Explanation
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=10516)
The correct answer choice is (A)
To answer this question correctly, we need to understand the logic behind the selfish gene theory described in passage A.
Answer choice (A): This is the correct answer choice. The central premise behind the selfish gene theory is the idea that some types of seemingly altruistic behavior (or “mechanisms”) arise and persist in a given population because they enhance the survival and replication of the genes responsible for such behavior (lines 20-30).
Answer choice (B): This is the Opposite answer: the types of human behavior described in passage A developed through evolutionary processes not because they prompted individuals to behave unselfishly, but in spite of the fact that they did (lines 7-12).
Answer choice (C): Passage A provides no evidence suggesting that the behaviors described in it somehow improve the physical health of those who exhibit them.
Answer choice (D): The author of passage A never alludes to the possibility of finding food as an explanation for the types of human behavior described in that passage.
Answer choice (E): Although early humans did live in mutually dependent groups, this living arrangement prompted the altruistic behavior that would help propagate the genes responsible for that behavior (lines 27-30). The living arrangement was not itself prompted by altruism. This answer choice reverses the chain of causation described in the last paragraph of passage A.
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=10516)
The correct answer choice is (A)
To answer this question correctly, we need to understand the logic behind the selfish gene theory described in passage A.
Answer choice (A): This is the correct answer choice. The central premise behind the selfish gene theory is the idea that some types of seemingly altruistic behavior (or “mechanisms”) arise and persist in a given population because they enhance the survival and replication of the genes responsible for such behavior (lines 20-30).
Answer choice (B): This is the Opposite answer: the types of human behavior described in passage A developed through evolutionary processes not because they prompted individuals to behave unselfishly, but in spite of the fact that they did (lines 7-12).
Answer choice (C): Passage A provides no evidence suggesting that the behaviors described in it somehow improve the physical health of those who exhibit them.
Answer choice (D): The author of passage A never alludes to the possibility of finding food as an explanation for the types of human behavior described in that passage.
Answer choice (E): Although early humans did live in mutually dependent groups, this living arrangement prompted the altruistic behavior that would help propagate the genes responsible for that behavior (lines 27-30). The living arrangement was not itself prompted by altruism. This answer choice reverses the chain of causation described in the last paragraph of passage A.