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Intelligence is a mixture of upbringing and genetics. If you're raised by a pack of wolves in the woods, you'll probably be rock dumb by all measures, regardless of your DNA.


> If you're raised by a pack of wolves in the woods, you'll probably be rock dumb by all measures, regardless of your DNA.

Depends on how you define "dumb". I bet you'd be insanely good at hunting and eating enough prey to survive the winter.


Going a step further, you have to wonder if the genetic correlates of IQ (or g) affect survival and health in feral children.


I can't remember where I read it, but I know that hunting and tracking skills don't correlate very well with g. Though surprisingly, marksmanship does.


If a wolf is raised by humans, how much will that improve its IQ score?




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