A team of psychologists, social scientists, philosophers and evolutionary researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in the U.S. has found evidence suggesting that the slight advantage males have in navigation ability is likely due to differences in the ways male and female children are raised.

A team of psychologists, social scientists, philosophers and evolutionary researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in the U.S. has found evidence suggesting that the slight advantage males have in navigation ability is likely due to differences in the ways male and female children are raised.

In their paper published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, the group describes how they studied navigational skills in multiple species to find out if there might be an evolutionary basis for one gender or the other having better skills.

  • SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world
    71·
    10 months ago

    Saying “it comes down to y chromosome basically” is extremely reductive. The way minor genes are expressed can result in vast differences in biology.

    • Zeth0s@lemmy.world
      41·
      10 months ago

      Thanks for bringing it up, I didn’t want to be “that guy”… People think as if complexity of genetics is measured in meters of DNA. When they’ll find out that humans and chimps share 99% of DNA