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Another worry is that the channel will upset the migration patterns of wildlife, particularly antelopes. To minimize the canal's impact, 160 miles of the waterway will have gradually sloping embankments to permit animals to swim across...
Some of Konner's analysis shows the strong impact of environmental experience Jogging, for example, can influence the body a muscles and improve one's running speed, and this is not a product of (though it may be limited by) the body's genetic code. Similarly the structure of the brain of a rat is meticulously spelled out in its genes, but experiments have shown that the environment the rat is raised in has a profound effect on the ultimate state of its brain "Look," Konner says frankly. "Experience changes the brain." Indeed, in many cases, "the nongenetic sources...
...genes and their far-reaching impact always loom large in Konner's analysis. He notes that males are inherently more aggressive than females and explains this as a result of certain set differences in the structure of the hypothalamus, an important part of the brain which controls hormone levels. Males simply have more testesterone and so are simply--genetically--more violent (on average) than females. But to Kronner, this knowledge is promising, since it tells us. "Serious disarmament may ultimately necessitate an increase in the proportion of women in government. We would all be safer if the world's weapons...
Indeed, even while noting the impact of experience and emphasizing the irrelevancy of the nature-nurture dichotomy. Konner seems to be saying much of the importance of environmental conditions exists precisely because the human genes allow for a great deal of flexibility. There has been, he says, an evolutionary tendency towards organisms with greater flexibility: penguins, for example, naturally live in Antarctica but are not able to live elsewhere: humans don't live there naturally, but can, if they wish, survive there. Konner believes that "it is impossible be to read even a single chapter of this book without coming...
...governor raised questions about the financial impact if S.B.984 became law. He said that the blanket divestment would cost the Commonwealth about $15 million by selling quality stock...