BBC News May 02, 2026 • 09:06

Nature vs nurture: How much of our personalities are determined at birth? - BBC

By Laurie Clarke

Nature vs nurture: How much of our personalities are determined at birth? - BBC

Research is revealing surprising new insights about how much our genes do – and don't – make us who we are.

In 1979, American psychologist Thomas Bouchard set out to track down twins separated in infancy. He found that identical twins raised apart were often strikingly similar.
Most famously, Bouchard cam… [+535 chars]

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