Toward a Biology of Collectivism

The signs of mating competition are written into the physiology ofthe human male, but they are not written equally into the physiology of all racialgroupings of human males. It seems that Asian males are different, different in thatthey are more fully dissimilar from the gorilla than are other races, showing lesssexual dimorphism, muscularity, and less marked secondary sexual characteristics, anddifferent in that they are more fully dissimilar from the chimpanzee than are otherraces, showing less sexual drive and activity as well as smaller testicles and lowersperm counts. It is presently argued that such anatomical differences are a testament toa more peaceably monogamous mating history. In turn, it is then argued that suchphysiological markers are directly associated with the collectivist ethos that has beenhistorically, anthropologically, and sociologically observed among the Asianpeople