SES is both a social sorting mechanism and a selective environment: socio‑economic stratification concentrates certain heritable traits in strata that differ in reproduction, mortality and mating patterns, creating feedback that alters genetic composition over generations. This view treats SES as an active evolutionary force mediated by modern institutions and mate markets rather than a neutral background variable.
— If SES generates measurable genetic feedback, policies on education, welfare, reproduction and inequality have long‑term biological as well as social consequences, demanding cautious evidence standards and equity‑aware regulation.
2025.03.26
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The Nature Human Behaviour perspective documents genomic correlations with educational attainment and regional clustering, and argues that social sorting produces non‑random mating and selection pressures — the empirical core of a socio‑genetic feedback loop.
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