Is the desire to give to others something that we learn, or is it possible that it could be innate? A study conducted at the University of Western Ontario suggests that DNA plays more of a role than the learning environment. In this study, reported in Science and Theology News, Philippe Rushton tested 174 pairs of identical twins and compared the results against a test of 148 non-identical twins. His test consisted of a questionnaire concerning social responsibility. His results indicated that the identical twins showed twice the commonality in response as did the non-identical twins.
Even though all twin pairs were raised together, only the identical twins, sharing the same DNA, showed identical patterns of altruism.
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