Margaret M Lock

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Can Science Resolve the Nature / Nurture Debate?Paperback, 27 June 2016

Can Science Resolve the Nature / Nurture Debate?
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Part of Series
New Human Frontiers
Print Length
160 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Polity Press
Date Published
27 Jun 2016
ISBN-10
0745689973
ISBN-13
9780745689975

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Following centuries of debate about "nature and nurture" the discovery of DNA established the idea that nature (genes) determines who we are, relegating nurture (environment) to icing on the cake.

Since the 1950s, the new science of epigenetics has demonstrated how cellular environments and certain experiences and behaviors influence gene expression at the molecular level, with significant implications for health and wellbeing. To the amazement of scientists, mapping the human genome indirectly supported these insights. Anthropologists Margaret Lock and Gisli Palsson outline vituperative arguments from Classical times about the relationship between nature and nurture, furthered today by epigenetic findings and the demonstration of a "reactive genome." The nature/nurture debate, they show, can never be put to rest, because these concepts are in constant flux in response to the new insights science continually offers.

Product Details

Authors:
Margaret M LockGisli Palsson
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
GB
Date Published:
27 June 2016
Dimensions:
18.8 x 12.45 x 1.78 cm
ISBN-10:
0745689973
ISBN-13:
9780745689975
Language:
English
Pages:
160
Publisher:
Weight:
181.44 gm

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