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The self is more porous than we thought, more entangled with what came before and what will come after.

You are the current runner in an evolutionary relay race that spans centuries. The baton was handed to you already in motion.

What you choose to carry forward — and what you set down — matters.

Featuring:

• The Dias & Ressler cherry blossom mouse study (Emory, 2014)
• Dr. Rachel Yehuda's Holocaust survivor research (Mount Sinai)
• Dutch Hunger Winter and Great Chinese Famine cohort data
• Florey Institute COVID-19 paternal transmission study
• Dr. Michael Meaney's epigenetic erasure research (McGill)

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