No matter how much an individual goes to the gym, his or her children will not be born bulging with muscles. However, some individual habits are in fact passed on to offspring, according to epigenetics. This discipline is revealing that our fate is not written in our DNA, but rather it depends on the environment and an individual’s lifestyle. Moreover, these influences can even be transmitted to offspring, a discovery which requires a revision of the very theory of Darwinian evolution.

MICHELE CANTAZARO | SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2010