Older Fathers' Sperm May Produce Children With Slightly Lower IQs

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By Eliza Strickland
Mar 10, 2009 11:56 PMNov 5, 2019 5:27 AM
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Men who are older when they father children tend to have children who score slightly lower on IQ tests and other measures of cognitive function, according to a new study. That conclusion, which researchers called unexpected and startling, adds to a recent surge of evidence that, like women, men also have a biological clock. Older

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