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Nature via Nurture : Genes, Experience and What Makes Us Human by Ridley, Matt is a health book available to read on EtoBox.

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This edition does not include illustrations. Acclaimed author Matt Ridley's thrilling follow-up to his bestseller Genome. Armed with the extraordinary new discoveries about our genes, Ridley turns his attention to the nature versus nurture debate to bring the first popular account of the roots of human behaviour. What makes us who we are? In February 2001 it was announced that the genome contains not 100,000 genes as originally expected 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. Matt Ridley argues that the emerging truth is far more interesting than this myth. Nurture depends on genes, too, and genes need nurture. Genes not only predetermine the broad structure of the brain; they also absorb formative experiences, react to social cues and even run memory. They are consequences as well as causes of the will....

Who reads Nature via Nurture : Genes, Experience and What Makes Us Human?

Author

Ridley, Matt

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780007380855

Category

health

Subjects

Psychology, Science, Human Biology

Rating

4.03 / 5 (46 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14