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Benefits of hereditarian insights for mate choice and parenting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 September 2023

Geoffrey F. Miller Open the ORCID record for Geoffrey F. Miller [Opens in a new window]
Geoffrey F. Miller*
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Psychology Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA gfmiller@unm.edu; https://psych.unm.edu/people/faculty/profile/geoffrey-miller.html
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Abstract

Madole & Harden develop some good ideas about how to understand genetic causality more clearly, but they frame the benefits of behavior genetics research at a largely collective level, focused on the pros and cons of different ways to engineer the gene pool or social behavior. This neglects the individual benefits of hereditarian insights for mate choice and parenting.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 46 , 2023 , e196
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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