I dunno, Argyle, I think the mechanism is very weak, upon which you anchor your insistence.

Here are six "man-made social and political institutions": Activist groups, lobbyist groups, public schools, labour unions, political parties, and courts.

None of those are mammalian traits: Squirrels and rabbits do not have them.

And yet I would insist that our Charters of Rights strongly protect the freedom of association (which is how half of those institutions are protected from government clampdowns) and that our Charters are appropriate in placing firm directives on protecting and nurturing the availability of the remaining ones.

Incidentally, I see not a speck of scientific evidence for the existence of any god(s)...