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Peer reviewedBurgess, R. L.; Molenaar, P. C. M. – Human Development, 1993
Comments on an earlier paper by Lerner and von Eye on sociobiology and human development; general theory in science, especially evolutionary theory; adaptation and behavior plasticity; and modern behavior genetics. Examines assertion that "heritability says nothing about the extent to which a trait is commonly inherited." Discusses…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Evolution, Heredity, Individual Development
