There has been a conceptual revolution in the biological sciences over the past several
decades. Evidence from genetics, embryology, and developmental biology has converged …

Is the history of life a series of accidents or a drama scripted by selfish genes? Is there an"
essential" human nature, determined at birth or in a distant evolutionary past? What should …

Why do we grow up to look, act, and feel as we do? Through most of the twentieth century,
scientists and laypeople answered this question by referring to two factors alone: our …

This work is intended to portray the interrelationship of heredity, individual development, and
the evolution of species in a way that can be understood by nonspecialists. In striving to offer …

Evolution and development are interrelated processes influenced by genomic, epigenetic,
and environmental factors. Epigenetic processes serve critical roles in development and …

Recent interest and investment in early childhood education as a means of promoting
children's school readiness has prompted the need for clear definitions of school readiness …

By showing how and why human nature is what it is, evolutionary theory can help us see
better what we need to do to improve the human condition. Following evolutionary theory to …

A sex difference on mental-rotation tasks has been demonstrated repeatedly, but not in
children less than 4 years of age. To demonstrate mental rotation in human infants, we …

The notion that phenotypic traits, including behavior, can be predetermined has slowly given
way in biology and psychology over the last several decades to the view that all traits are the …

In molecular developmental biology innateness seems as antiquated a theoretical construct
as instinct and equally peripheral to any actual account of gene regulation or …