Problem
Hereditary regression
Other Names:
AtavismEvolutionary degeneration
Nature:
Hereditary reappearance of features, usually physical, absent from parents and recent ancestors. Such features may be characteristic of more distant ancestors, or they may constitute a return to characteristics not typical of the species or race at all, but found in allied species or races having a common evolutionary ancestry (as in the case of strongly pronounced canine teeth in humans).
Broader Problems:
Regression Related Problems:
Human racial regressionGenetic defects and diseasesDecline in human genetic endowment Values:
DegenerationRegression Subject(s):
Biosciences → Evolution and speciesBiosciences → Genetics
Development → Progress
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
13.05.2019 – 20:34 CEST