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The pendulum of scientific opinion has swayed over the "nature vs. nurture" issue back and forth several times throughout the last century. Now, with the human genome mapped and new clues being found to support genetic causes for an ever-increasing number of physical, behavioral, and even intellectual attributes, the most recent thinking has arced strongly toward the "nature" side of the debate. Perhaps, though, it will soon start to swing back in the other direction. In Are We Hardwired?, scientists Clark (immunology, UCLA; The New Healers) and Grunstein (biological chemistry, UCLA Sch. of Medicine and Molecular Biology Inst.) offer a convincing overview of the current evidence supporting genetic causes for general behavioral tendencies, such as aggressi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More