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Does the social brain hypothesis refute hereditarianism?

A new paper claims it does.

Aug 26, 2026
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Written by Noah Carl.

There’s a new paper out that takes a victory lap in the environmentalism versus hereditarianism debate, declaring the latter is—you guessed it—pseudoscience! However, it isn’t convincing. If anything, it should cause a rational person to update in the direction of hereditarianism being true. Let’s dive in.

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