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SOCIAL. INHEEITANCE 



In a recent valuable discussion on the ques- 

 tion of social heredity and evolution, Professor- 

 Herbert William Conn ^ has plainly shown how 

 the laws of the evolution of animals and plants 

 apply to human evolution only up to a certain 

 point beyond which man has been under the 

 influence of distinct laws of his own. He draws 

 attention to facts proving that the human social 

 unit has been developed by a new set of forces 

 which have had little or no influence in the ani- 

 mal kingdom. Moreover, these forces are under 

 the control, to some extent, of society and the 

 individual. 



In line with this thought. Professor E. G-. 

 Conklin states that a relatively poor inheri- 

 tance with excellent environmental conditions 



1 Sockkl Heredity and Social Ewlution: The Other Side of 

 Eugenics — The Abington Press. 



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