"Well , there is a new discovery on the block . This time , evolutionary psychologist David Buss , from the University of Texas , argues that murder is also an adaptation . Murder could be traced back to the Â “ ruthless evolutionary drive to reproduceÂ ” , he said . Thousands of years ago killing an enemy would boost a manÂ ’ s social status and improve his chances of attracting a mate , the book argued . MurderersÂ ’ genes won the evolutionary battle over those of their victims and the instinct to kill now lies dormant in all of us , Prof Buss argued . I donÂ ’ t want to comment on BussÂ ’ s argument as I have not read the book . Nevertheless , since it is so easy to create a new field of scientific exploration about human behavior using DarwinÂ ’ s theory , I am inspired to try my hand at it ."
"This can only be plausible if the victims were killed before they reproduced . But , still evolutionary psychology is tenously at best called `` science. `` Just as most of psychology IMO is barely science , if at all ."
"argues that murder is also an adaptation . Murder could be traced back to the Â ruthless evolutionary drive to reproduceÂ , he said ."
"This can only be plausible if the victims were killed before they reproduced ."