Science Identifies “Violence Genes”

By Daniel Miessler on July 20th, 2008: Tagged as Culture | Science | Society

A new study has found that violent behavior is correlated to the presence of three genes. Here’s a basic overview by CNN’s Dr. Gupta. If anyone has a link to the study, please share.

This is going to present a whole new set of questions. Do certain groups have these genes more than others? Gender? Race?

I expect this research to get very interesting, very quickly.

Links

[ New Study Finds Link Between Violent Behavior and Genetics | cnn.com ]

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Comments

  • The idea that you inherent a large part of your personality from your parents precedes knowledge of genes. The idea that you are also shaped largely by your environment has also been known for a very long time.
    This news clip didn't do much more but discuss the discovery that the above is true.

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