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Evolving the blank slate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 September 2022

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Timothy C. Bates*
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Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK. tim.bates@ed.ac.uk
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Abstract

We support Uchiyama et al. in the value of genetics, sample diversification, and context measurement. Against the example of vitamins, we highlight the intransigence of many phenotypes. We caution that while culture can mask genetic differences, the dependence of behaviour on genetics is reinvented and unmasked by novel challenges across generations.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 45 , 2022 , e155
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