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By Matt Ridley. 326 pp. New York, HarperCollins, 2003. $25.95. ISBN 0-06-000678-1.

A revolution is sweeping the field of biology that holds that the influences of nature and nurture are so inextricably linked that it is difficult to speak of them as distinct forces that shape who we are. We now know that our environment can change us only if we are genetically predisposed to change and that our genes are powerless if they are not primed by the environment. When it comes to understanding our fate, we can no longer study the effect of genes or the environment without considering the interaction between them.

In Nature via Nurture, Matt Ridley describes . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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