Selfishness is Transmitted Genetically

Researchers at Oxford University and University of Tennessee in Knoxville, have examined the impact on the behavior of those genes through a process known as “imprinting” genome, “know” where to come from mom or dad, and acts accordingly.

According to the researchers, given that throughout history women have changed clans or family groups more often than men therefore had fewer family relationships with people around them, maternal genes conflict with the father on how should behave: paternal genes tend to foster altruistic behaviors, while maternal genes would influence us towards a selfish behavior.

“The fact that women moved more than men, appears to have been if our ancestors, and implies that we are tied to those around us than on the paternal mother,” said Andy Gardner, one of the study. Mutations in these genes have previously been associated with growth disorders in childhood and possible neurological disease. The survey also revealed that these disorders and neuropsychological may have evolved from mutations that favor the expression of paternal genes.