MadSci Network: Evolution |
The children of racing drivers often become racing drivers. (Damon Hill, Jaques villneuve? etc.) The children of t.v. presenters become t.v. presenters. (Zoe Ball, Paula Yates in the u.k. etc) The same is true of many professions. I think there is more to this than meets the eye. I think there is some mechanism whereby the skills learnt by a parent are geneticaly passed onto their children. This would make evolutionary sense as animals with this ability would have an advantage over those without it. This could be the reason humans are so much more advanced than other animals in terms of language, inteligence and skills. I am not sure how this happens, perhaps in the parents egg/sperm or some chemical process which passes on brain patterns or ??????????????? I think it is more than just following the family tradition. Do you think this could be possible?
Re: Could Learned Genetic Memory be possible?
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