“Australian aborigines, surprisingly, turn out to be a race unlike any other. They and their relatives in New Guinea have no trace… — Nicholas Wade Aborigines Copy Share Image
“Because of these divisions in the human population, anyone interested in recent human evolution is almost inevitably studying human races, whether they… — Nicholas Wade Human evolution Copy Share Image
“Though there is still a large random element, the broad general theme of human history is that each race has developed the… — Nicholas Wade History Copy Share Image
“aggressivity common in hunter-gatherer groups. The human fossil record shows that in the period prior to settlement, there had been a gradual… — Nicholas Wade Evolution Copy Share Image
“Human children, on the other hand, are inherently cooperative. From the earliest ages, they desire to help others, to share information and… — Nicholas Wade Child Copy Share Image
“Genes do not determine human behavior; they merely predispose people to act in certain ways. Genes explain a lot, probably far more… — Nicholas Wade Evolution Copy Share Image
“of the growth of self-restraint. A starting point for Elias’s analysis was medieval treatises on polite manners such as the book On… — Nicholas Wade Books Copy Share Image
“The central premise of racism, which distinguishes it from ethnic prejudice, is the notion of an ordered hierarchy of races in which… — Nicholas Wade Racism Copy Share Image
“When the glaciers retreated, starting around 20,000 years ago, both Europe and East Asia were repopulated by former northerners who had survived… — Nicholas Wade Years ago Copy Share Image
“Several of the intellectual barriers erected many years ago to combat racism now stand in the way of studying the recent evolutionary… — Nicholas Wade Human evolution Copy Share Image
“Our bones are more gracile than those of our Upper Paleolithic ancestors, our personalities less aggressive, our societies more trusting and cohesive.… — Nicholas Wade Biology Copy Share Image
“The essence of the tribal lineage was the descent of property through the male line. But producing a male heir under medieval… — Nicholas Wade Death Copy Share Image
“It is a few selected genes, not the many neutral ones, that may account for the differences between continental races. Substantial evidence… — Nicholas Wade Copy Share Image
“Politically oriented scientists often proclaim that there are no distinct human races, seeking to imply, without actually saying so, that races do… — Nicholas Wade Racism Copy Share Image
“Diamond writes, can be summarized in a single sentence: “History followed different courses for different peoples because of differences among peoples’ environments,… — Nicholas Wade Biology Copy Share Image
