“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
“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
“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
“Although the emotional and intellectual differences between the world’s peoples as individuals are slight enough, even a small shift in social behavior… — Nicholas Wade Community Copy Share Image
“They could switch to a form of Judaism Lite developed by a diaspora Jew, one that did not require literacy or study… — Nicholas Wade Diaspora Copy Share Image
“The most fundamental, a major shift from the ape brand of sociality, was the human nuclear family, which gave all males a… — Nicholas Wade Animal Copy Share Image
“showed a group of two- and three-year-olds a new game. A puppet then appeared and performed the game incorrectly. Almost all the… — Nicholas Wade Norms 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
“Nonetheless, the homicide rate in the United States, Europe, China and Japan is less than 2 per 100,000 people, whereas in most… — Nicholas Wade Homicide 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
“One of the strangest features of human anatomy, when people are compared with the other 200 monkey and ape species in the… — Nicholas Wade Family Copy Share Image
“Contrary to the central belief of multiculturalists, Western culture has achieved far more than other cultures in many significant spheres and has… — Nicholas Wade Faith Copy Share Image
“The genes supply the motivation for warfare, [E. O.] Wilson is saying, in humans as they do in chimps, but people, blessed… — Nicholas Wade Evolutionary biology 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
“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