For all of his close analyses of geopolitics, Revel offers a kind of sociobiological conclusion: people may prate of doing good for man kind but deep down they crave power.
He claims that Chagnon manipulated his data to support his sociobiological thesis that natural selection favored Yanomami who were genetically prone to violence.
Thus far, sociobiological theory has been based on a fairly small amount of specific evidence that must be amplified over the years if the theories are to be proved.