precisely plasticity, long childhood, prevents a slavish adherence gen — Carl Sagan, Dragons Eden: Speculations Evolution Human Intelligence

Carl Sagan Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence

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It is precisely our plasticity, our long childhood, that prevents a slavish adherence to genetically preprogrammed behavior in human beings more than in any other species… Some substantial adjustment of the relative role of each component of the triune brain is well within our powers.

Carl Sagan, Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence

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