⟳ Репост от Gregory Kohn
Twitter is going kind of crazy about crime and genetics right now (What's new?). My next post is a deep dive into a paper behind a widespread claim that brutal execution in Medieval Europe selected for reduced aggression, allowing civilization to develop. The title says it all, really.
Capital punishment is not a breeding programNo, medieval execution didn't "genetically pacify" Europesequencesandconsequences.substack.com