Nature via nurture : genes, experience, and what makes us human / Matt Ridley.
Nature via nurture : genes, experience, and what makes us human / Matt Ridley.
Nature via nurture : genes, experience, and what makes us human / Matt Ridley.
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New York : HarperCollins, 2003.
Date
2003.
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N155.7/40
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English
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326 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Prologue: Twelve Hairy Men -- 1. The Paragon of Animals -- 2. A Plethora of Instincts -- 3. A Convenient Jingle -- 4. The Madness of Causes -- 5. Genes in the Fourth Dimension -- 6. Formative Years -- 7. Learning Lessons -- 8. Conundrums of Culture -- 9. The Seven Meanings of "Gene" -- 10. A Budget...
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New York : HarperCollins, 2003.
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1st ed.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2003.
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"In February 2001 it was announced that the human genome contains not 100,000 genes, as originally postulated, but only 30,000. This startling revision led some scientists to conclude that there are simply not enough human genes to account for all the different ways people behave: we must be made by nurture, not nature. Yet again biology was to be...
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Nature via nurture : genes, experience, and what makes us human / Matt Ridley.
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Genes, experience, and what makes us human.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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English.
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N155.7/40
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0060006781
9780060006785
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155.7
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991016597239702626
