Have to delve into my Objectivist Newletter stash.......
to get any handle on what Ayn Rand would contribute. Having met Jane Goodall on July 5th up in Aspen, I have a pretty good and current take on what her contribution might be.
It is intriguing when you say, <"I always thought that the basic secret of human nature and history would have been revealed if you could have locked Ayn Rand and Jane Goodall in a house for a year.">
As a suggestion, it would probably be more rewarding if you introduced Richard Rorty into that house to interview your participants and synthesize and articulate their conclusions and observations.
Publius