Posted on 06/05/2009 1:46:32 PM PDT by LottieDah
Boys who have a so-called "warrior gene" are more likely to join gangs and also more likely to be among the most violent members and to use weapons, a new study finds.
"While gangs typically have been regarded as a sociological phenomenon, our investigation shows that variants of a specific MAOA gene, known as a 'low-activity 3-repeat allele,' play a significant role," said biosocial criminologist Kevin M. Beaver of Florida State University.
In 2006, the controversial warrior gene was implicated in the violence of the indigenous Maori people in New Zealand, a claim that Maori leaders dismissed.
But it's no surprise that genes would be involved in aggression. Aggression is a primal emotion like many others, experts say, and like cooperation, it is part of human nature, something that's passed down genetically. And almost all mammals are aggressive in some way or another, said Craig Kennedy, professor of special education and pediatrics at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, whose research last year suggested that humans crave violence just like they do sex, food or drugs.
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That was perhaps the most unrealistic NYC movie of that decade.
“I just read an article about a group of genetic scientists who claim that diarrhea is hereditary.”
Yes. It runs in your...
Great movie.
Have they found the liberal/conservative gene yet?
Maybe so, just like Death Wish 3, with its mixed-race gangs. But they’re still cool to watch.
Oh Geez.
I ask my 3.5 year old all the time if he wants to be a Marine or a Soldier when he grows up....
He usually replies a Garbage Truck Driver.....
Is there a gene that causes scientists to rationalize nasty behavior?
In NYC we thought it was a comedy.
Yes, GENETIC! They can’t HELP it. It has nothing to do with absent mothers and fathers, and ever-present gang members all over the block. It just HAPPENS that everyone with the warrior gene lives in the inner cities.
“M’am, your fetus has a ‘warrior gene.’ We have to abort it.”
it’s inextricably wound up in testosterone.
Giggle.....Ya gotta love karma......I hope his mom is proud of him......
My son came out of the womb a warrior.....he is now a Marine......
Yes, it’s called having XX chromosomes and that time of the month. ;-)
> Gang members don’t have what it takes to be warriors.
I beg to differ. You can learn superb leadership skills in a street gang, and you can learn superb teamwork, discipline, strategy and tactics as well. In the absence of a proper outlet for a warrior-in-the-making, a street gang is where they will naturally gravitate toward.
A large number of street gang members in New Zealand grow up and go on to have respectable military careers. A large percentage of those would be Maori — the group that supposedly has the “warrior gene”.
after many thousands of years of waging endless war against members of our own species, it isn’t surprising to me at all that certain traits that are conducive to fighting i.e. warriorr genes are showing up in the genome. I believe that God wants warriors so everything is going according to plan.
Only the ones with very limited intelligence.
reALLY? Which skin color in your opinion is the violent one?
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