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Nov. 16, 2012
Are We Getting Dumber? Maybe, New Research Suggests
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A provocative new study published in Trends in Genetics suggests that human intelligence has been slowly deteriorating since societies moved away from hunter-gatherer lifestyles. Study author Gerald Crabtree, of Stanford University, discusses the controversial work.
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Produced by Denise Chow, Associate Producer
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Gerald Crabtree
David Korn Professor of Pathology and Developmental Biology
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford University
Stanford, California
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