[Lestat]

<font color="blue">Evolution, afaik, has to do with speciation, not with behavioural patterns. </font>

I thought behavioral patterns indeed played a part in our evolutionary process as a whole. But you are saying that behavorial patterns evolve independently of the theory of evolution? You may be right. I honestly don't know. It seems to me that behavior is very much brain related. The brain as an organ is very dependent on Darwin's evolutionary theory.

Your point about civilizations is interesting. I wonder how closely civilization can be equated to race? I can see how we might be genetically disposed to advance one's own race or ethnicity through discrimmination, wars, and religion. In fact, these atrocities may be nothing more than an effort to advance our own race and/or beliefs to the top.