We have traditionally been given to believe that acquired characteristics cannot be passed on to our offspring, that we have – as it were – picked them up along the way. This has now been disproved by psychogenetics. According to this new science, in particular a study published by the University of Medford in the USA, things we experience in our lives and thus learn from can be directly bequeathed to the next generation. This can also be demonstrated by means of a gene analysis.
