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TWINS, together with other multiple human births, have always been of interest to the society of which they are members. In primitive communities, twins are regarded as being possessed of supernatural powers, which may or may not prove propitious to the group. Within the last seventy years, social scientists have made use of twins in an effort to solve the vexed question of the respective influences of heredity and environment on the formation of human character and physique.
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SQUIRES, J. STUDIES OF TWINS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES. Nature 152, 437–440 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152437a0
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