submisives they become or they are born with it?

[Miner]

this is odd. Darwin noted that some turtles had evolved appendages to fit certain tasks (then procedded with eating the turtles destroying the evidence). Try as i may im unable to grow tentacles thus evolving in that sense would imply breeding on tentacle like features for a pretty long time. That does not exclude the opportunity for a sudden mutation but im really not counting on my children having tentacles.

I claim that we are born with few personality traits or skills. This you dispute by saying most is learned... We agreed in the first place!!!

You go on saying that dom/sub tendencies relate to pack mentality, basically repeating what i said about surviving by fitting in.

Mutation and evolution work against each other. Mutation is rarely beneficial. Evolutionary steps tend to be small (in as much as they are a modification of something already in place) rather than radical and different. The radically different changes (mutations) tend to be lethal because they do not allow breathing room for the organism to adapt properly.

Radical divergences from the norm are also usually not beneficial.

In terms of learned behaviour versus instinct. You missed my point. Most human behaviour is learned. Some human behaviours (pack instinct being one of them) are intrinsic (and instinctive) though they may be modified by learned behaviour (conditioning).

The fact that pack instinct is just that is merely an indication that some lower-order behaviours tend to be instinctive. Mistaking post-natal modification through conditioning as indication an either-or relationship with a behaviour is a common fallicy.

Your comments about phobias making no genetic sense needs a rethought. It makes emminent sense in terms of ensuring the long-term viability of the organism. An absence of caution is much more lethal than an excess of caution.