👉 Nongenetic refers to a concept that is not genetically determined or influenced by genetic inheritance. It has been proposed that many traits are not associated with specific genes, but rather with environmental factors and social interactions. This means that individuals may have traits that are not passed down from parents to offspring through the gene pool, which could explain why some traits appear more common in certain populations than others. Nongenetic theories suggest that these differences in trait distribution might be due to a combination of genetic and