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Social Implications of the Genetics of Man' 



A. H. STURTEVANT 



Reprinted by author's and publisher's permis- 

 sion from Science, vol. 120, 1954, pp. 405-407. 



As I vientioned above (p. 194), this paper and the report of the 

 Genetics Co?ijerence point a 7iew direction for genetic thought. The 

 Genetics Conference paper indicates a new trend in inethods as well, 

 that of team research. 



This is not to say that the day of the i?idividual is over. As this 

 paper de777onstrates, thought is still the prerogative of a si7igle T77i7id. 

 Intellige7it analysis of a proble7n will always depend up07i a7i i7idi- 

 vidtiaPs experience, abilities, accim7idated knowledge, a7id logical 

 reasoning. It is good to have 77ien like Stn7'tevant, Limis Paiding, and 

 Edward Teller concer7ii7ig thcTnselves with the iTnpact of gefietics 

 on society. Whether they be right or wrong, their argi(7ne7its and 

 disciissio7is force lis all to think a little 77iore clearly about the prob- 

 lems we face as himian beings. 



Man is one of the most uxsatis- 

 factory of all organisms for genetic 

 study. The time interval between suc- 



* Presidential address at the Pacific Divi- 

 sion of A.A.A.S., Pullman, Wash., June 22, 

 1954. 



cessive generations is long, at best in- 

 dividual families are too small to estab- 

 lish ratios within them, and the 

 test-matings that a geneticist might 

 want cannot be made. Obviously no 

 geneticist would study such a refrac- 

 tory object, were it not for the impor- 



