There are a great many instincts and behaviors that are claimed to be “programmed” or “hardwired” into the brain. In fact, seeing as the human genome only contains a mere 20,000 genes, and only a small fraction of those are dedicated to the nervous system, the number of behaviors that people insist are so deeply baked in probably outnumbers the number of genes that could conceivably do it.
The Origin of Mimicry
The Origin of Mimicry
The Origin of Mimicry
There are a great many instincts and behaviors that are claimed to be “programmed” or “hardwired” into the brain. In fact, seeing as the human genome only contains a mere 20,000 genes, and only a small fraction of those are dedicated to the nervous system, the number of behaviors that people insist are so deeply baked in probably outnumbers the number of genes that could conceivably do it.