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Can knowledge be passed on with genes?

InquisitorJ
in Evolution, Morphology and Exobiology

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I'd say no. That's not to say it couldn't happen, but I can't think of any instance of it.

Young swallows might have an apparent knowledge of Africa and the route there, but it's just instinct, responses to stimuli, not knowledge.

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