Can genomics help explain why some nations are wealthy while others remain mired in poverty? In his new book, ‘A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History,’ science journalist Nicholas Wade argues that certain peoples were predisposed genetically to behaviors, and thus institutions, that paved the way for their success. The problem is, as biologist H. Allen Orr points out in this review, “Hard evidence for Wade’s thesis is nearly nonexistent.”
Posted on: Mon, 19 May 2014 15:55:27 +0000
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