Nature Via Nurture

In Genome, bestselling author Matt Ridley brought genetics down to earth with a riveting account of the human genetic code. Now he peers beneath the skin to explore with equal force and imagination how genes determine much of what we are: our physical selves, our emotional selves, and our social selves. We inherit not just a genome, but a full complement of behavior and character from our parents and from the world around us. In the same gene pool that gives us violence, jealousy, and depression also lurk resilience, empathy, and cooperation.