This response to the book What Darwin Got Wrong covers a lot of ground and gives background information on the book’s authors that the thoughtful reader may find heplful. @What Darwin’s Doubters Get Wrong – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education

The genotype-phenotype distinction is drawn in genetics. Genotype is an organism’s full hereditary information, even if not expressed. Phenotype is an organism’s actual observed properties, such as morphology, development, or behavior. This distinction is fundamental in the study of inheritance of traits and their evolution. @Genotype-phenotype distinction – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Questions and Answers with David Shenk, author of The Genius in All of Us: Why Everything You’ve Been Told About Genetics, Talent, and IQ is Wrong

Intelligence isn’t fixed. Intelligence isn’t general. Intelligence is not a thing. Instead, intelligence is a dynamic, diffuse, and ongoing process.

@The Questions in All of Us – National – The Atlantic

As with any other species, human populations are shaped by the usual forces of natural selection, like famine, disease or climate. A new force is now coming into focus. It is one with a surprising implication — that for the last 20,000 years or so, people have inadvertently been shaping their own evolution. Although it does shield people from other forces, culture itself seems to be a powerful force of natural selection. @Human Culture Plays a Role in Natural Selection – NYTimes.com

Think humans are born selfish? Think again. Dacher Keltner reveals the compassionate side to human nature. @Greater Good Magazine | The Compassionate Instinct