A common view today is that when we are born, we are somehow born on even footing when it comes to the effects of how we are raised and what this means for us developmentally. We believe this despite the emergence of epigenetic theories that tell us otherwise, but the problem becomes how to actually study this given the myriad variables that are at play. This week I had the pleasure of talking to a leader in this field - Dr. Amanda Dettmer - and her work studying rhesus macaques to explore this very issue of not only intergenerational effects, but how our early life experiences impact so many facets of our lives. We also got talking about anti-animal research perspectives if that's something you're interested in. I hope you'll enjoy this conversation as much as I enjoyed having it. Dr. Dettmer: https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/amanda_dettmer/ Dr. Dettmer on Twitter: https://twitter.com/amanda_dettmer Relevant Articles: https://www.nber.org/papers/w27737 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajp.22969 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/dev.21916 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17470919.2016.1176952 https://academic.oup.com/ilarjournal/article/55/2/361/645985 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3196800/ To learn more about the Evolutionary Parenting Podcast visit https://evolutionaryparenting.com/evolutionary-parenting-podcast-2/