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. 1963 Dec 13;142(3598):1477-9.
doi: 10.1126/science.142.3598.1477.

GENETICS AND INTELLIGENCE: A REVIEW

L ERLENMEYER-KIMLING, L F FARVIK

GENETICS AND INTELLIGENCE: A REVIEW

L ERLENMEYER-KIMLING et al. Science. .

Abstract

A survey of the literature of the past 50 years reveals remarkable consistency in the accumulated data relating mental functioning to genetic potentials. Intragroup resemblance in intellectual abilities increases in proportion to the degree genetic relationship.

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