Review of Dalton Conley, 2025, The Social Genome. The new Science of Nature and Nurture. W.W. Norton & Company, New York.

• Bernardi, Fabrizio ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

     Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

     Madrid, España

     
• Localización: RES. Revista Española de Sociología, ISSN 1578-2824, ISSN-e 2445-0367, Vol. 35, Nº. 2, 2026
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.22325/fes/res.2026.303

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  • The Social Genome. The new Science of Nature and Nurture

    Dalton Conley

    2025

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• Resumen

  • Dalton Conley is a professor at Princeton University and one of the sociologists who have contributed most to the development and establishment of sociogenomics, a field that examines how genetic variation and social environments interact to shape human behavior and social outcomes. In his new book, The Social Genome, Conley provides an accessible, non-technical account of this emerging field and explores its implications for the social sciences and society at large. This review aims to summarize the book, highlight its distinctive contributions, and critically reflect on the broader debates and directions it opens for sociological research.

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