' Biology and culture are absolutely inseparable. Any change In one ultimately alters the other '.
To what extent do genes determine behaviour? In his book Genes, Mind and Culture, Professor Edward Wilson of Harvard
University has presented a theory in which genetic heritage and cultural behaviour are inextricably linked. The thesis remains controversial. It leaves no room for a God in the shaping of morality, and it could imply that simple aspects of behaviour such as a preference for drinking tea or coffee, are genetically programmed. Professor Wilson argues his case with John Bowker , Professor of Religious Studies at
Lancaster University, Dr John Turner of the Genetics Department at Leeds University, and Anthony Quinton , Master of Trinity College, Oxford. In the Chair John Maddoz Producer JULIAN BROWN