Abstract:A protracted debate about the cause of IQ score gaps between Black and white populations has persisted within genetics, anthropology, and psychology. Public genomic data have changed these fields in many ways; as a side effect they have encouraged a new generation of race science. Recently, authors have claimed polygenic scores provide evidence a significant portion of differences in cognitive ability between Black and white populations are caused by genetic differences, frequently claiming these differences a… Show more
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