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Re:Comparing ancient and modern genomes for cognitive abilit... by AlexCoventry on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @05:58PM (#13769440)
Irrespective of left, center or right, scientific values dictate great skepticism of these results. The authors of the GREML study do not address the possibility that performance on the intelligence tests correlated with social status, which is a highly heritable trait but for reasons completely unrelated to biology.

Essentially any evidence based on a Genome-Wide Association Study should be regarded as suspect. They use extremely simple population-genetic null models, and it's extremely rare for them to turn up novel, testable biological insights.

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