そのような複雑な行動が本能のみに由来するという主張はとうてい成り立たない。

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English Translation

It cannot plausibly be argued that behaviour of such complexity derives entirely from instinct.

Furigana

そのような複雑(ふくざつ)な行動(こうどう)が本能(ほんのう)のみに由来(ゆらい)するという主張(しゅちょう)はとうてい成(なた)り立()たない。

Romanji

Sono yōna fukuzatsuna kōdō ga honnō nomi ni yuraisuru toiu shuchō wa tōtei naritatanai.

Words

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

様だ (ようだ)

(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command

複雑 (ふくざつ)

complex; complicated; mixed (feelings)

行動 (こうどう)

action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

本能 (ほんのう)

instinct

のみ (のみ)

only; nothing but

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

由来 (ゆらい)

origin; source; history; derivation; reason; destiny

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

主張 (しゅちょう)

claim; request; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention; opinion; tenet

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

到底 (とうてい)

(cannot) possibly; no matter how

成り立つ (なりたつ)

to consist of; to be made up of; to be composed of; to be practical (logical, feasible, viable); to be concluded; to hold true