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Mother Knows Best: Epigenetic Inheritance, Maternal Effects, and the Evolution of Human Intelligence
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Bjorklund, David F. – Developmental Review, 2006
Contemporary evolution biology has recognized the role of development in evolution. Evolutionarily oriented psychologists have similarly recognized the role that behavioral plasticity, particularly early in development, may have had on the evolution of species, harking back to the ideas of Baldwin (the Baldwin effect). Epigenetic theories of…
Descriptors: Mothers, Genetics, Evolution, Intelligence