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by dbancajas 262 days ago
It's nature's way of communicating to the next generation. That is crazy and beautiful.
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Pretty cynical and tone-deaf comment in this context, in my opinion.

Molecular evidence was notably described in nematodes, so epigenetic inheritance is a very old mechanism. I don't think you could describe molecular transgenerational trauma as beautiful, or useful adaptation regarding human life. Especially considering the artificial nature of every famine in today's world, where we are producing enough food to feed all humans on earth three times over.