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How selfish are we really?

27 February 2025

Professor Steve Jones (UCL Biosciences) explores the biological roots of altruism, which he describes as “reducing your ability to pass on your own genes to increase the ability of someone else to do that.”

Listen: BBC Radio 4 “The Infinite Monkey Cage” (from 2 mins 29 secs)