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		<title>Is Human Behavior Genetic Or Learned?</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/04/15/is-human-behavior-genetic-or-learned/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2022 12:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Imagine that there is a trait observed among people that seems to occur more frequently in some families and not others. One might suspect that the trait is inherited genetically. Imagine researchers looking for the genetic underpinning of this trait and at first, not finding it. What might you conclude? It could be reasonable to &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/04/15/is-human-behavior-genetic-or-learned/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Is Human Behavior Genetic Or Learned?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The rat in the can effect</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2019/04/14/the-rat-in-the-can-effect/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2019 18:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[To find out more about the rat in the can effect, you can read this book: The Tangled Wing: Biological Constraints on the Human Spirit by Mel Konner, where I think it is described. Here, I will summarize it, in simplified form. If you seriously need to know about this in more detail, do more &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2019/04/14/the-rat-in-the-can-effect/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The rat in the can effect</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Whitey Bulger Dead, and the Trivers Willard Hypothesis</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/10/30/whitey-bulger-dead-and-the-trivers-willard-hypothesis/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2018 17:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The original version of this post was called &#8220;Whitey Bulger Caught, and the Trivers Willard Hypothesis.&#8221; A while after that, I wrote a post called &#8220;Whitey Bulger Convicted, and the Trivers Willard Hypothesis.&#8221; Today, it was announced that Whitey Bulger, Boston crime boss, is dead at 89. Thus, the new title. Most of you won&#8217;t &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/10/30/whitey-bulger-dead-and-the-trivers-willard-hypothesis/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Whitey Bulger Dead, and the Trivers Willard Hypothesis</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Aging in men: An evolutionary perspective</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/10/24/aging-in-men-an-evolutionary-perspective/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2016 16:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=23144</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Many years ago, Mel Konner, Marjorie shostak, and Boyd Eaton wrote &#8220;The Paleolithic Prescription: A program of diet and exercise and a design for living.&#8221; (It is hard to find these days. To find it and related titles on Amazon, look for this book first, and track the PP down via the author name Konner.) &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/10/24/aging-in-men-an-evolutionary-perspective/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Aging in men: An evolutionary perspective</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Do genes make you gay?</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/11/18/do-genes-make-you-gay/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2014 18:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Gender, Reproductive Biology, Sex]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Of course they do. To the extent that genes make you anything in particular, though the role of genetics in human behavior is pretty limited. You&#8217;ve probably heard about the newly reported research in which a genetic link was found to homosexuality in a study of gay brothers. Kelly Servick has a good writeup on &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/11/18/do-genes-make-you-gay/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Do genes make you gay?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Does Your Genealogy Reveal Amazing Anthropological Stories?</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/04/26/does-your-genealogy-reveal-amazing-anthropological-stories/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=16445</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[I gave a talk at the Brookdale Public Library last night as part of the celebration of DNA day. DNA Day, or DNAD for short, was created about the time of the &#8220;completion&#8221; (more or less) of the Human Genome in 2003, and is set to be on the date of the publication of the &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/04/26/does-your-genealogy-reveal-amazing-anthropological-stories/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Does Your Genealogy Reveal Amazing Anthropological Stories?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>How Do You Get Sexual Orientation and Gender in Humans?</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/02/27/how-do-you-get-sexual-orientation-and-gender-in-humans/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Humans appear to have a great deal of variation in sexual orientation, in what is often referred to as &#8220;gender&#8221; and in adult behavior generally. When convenient, people will point to &#8220;genes&#8221; as the &#8220;cause&#8221; of any particular subset of this diversity (or all of it). When convenient, people will point to &#8220;culture&#8221; as the &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/02/27/how-do-you-get-sexual-orientation-and-gender-in-humans/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">How Do You Get Sexual Orientation and Gender in Humans?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Kiss</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/02/05/the-kiss-2/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Valentine&#8217;s Day is coming up, so it is time to think about kissing. Pursuant to this, Sheril Kirshenbaum, author of “The Science of Kissing,” has made the Kindle version of her excellent book available at a discounted price through February 18th. The book is here: The Science of Kissing: What Our Lips Are Telling Us. &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/02/05/the-kiss-2/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Kiss</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Tutorial in Human Behavioral Biology</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/11/28/a-tutorial-in-human-behavioral/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you read only one book this holiday season, make it all of the following twenty or so! But seriously &#8230; I&#8217;d like to do something today that I&#8217;ve been meaning to do, quite literally, for years. I want to run down a selection of readings that would provide any inquisitive person with a solid &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/11/28/a-tutorial-in-human-behavioral/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">A Tutorial in Human Behavioral Biology</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Driving The Patriarchy: Demonic Males, Feminism, and Genetic Determinism</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/07/07/driving-the-patriarchy-demonic/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Behaviors are not caused by genes. There is not a gene that causes you to be good, or to be bad, or to be smart, or good at accounting, or to like bananas. There are, however, drives. &#8220;Drives&#8221; is a nicely vague term that we can all understand the meaning of. Thirst and hunger are &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/07/07/driving-the-patriarchy-demonic/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Driving The Patriarchy: Demonic Males, Feminism, and Genetic Determinism</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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