Civilization Originates In Conquest Abroad And Repression

But This Was The Only Way Of Life That Humans Knew For Their First 6m Years On The Planet. In Giving It Up Over The Past Few Thousand Years, We Have Lost Our Vulnerability To Disease And Cold And Wild Animals, But We Have Also Lost Good Ways To Bring Up Children, Look After Old People, Stave Off Diabetes And Heart Disease And Understand The Real Dangers Of Everyday Life.

To Dismiss The Current Extinction Wave On The Grounds That Extinctions Are Normal Events Is Like Ignoring A Genocidal Massacre On The Grounds That Every Human Is Bound To Die At Some Time Anyway.

History Followed Different Courses For Different Peoples Because Of Differences Among Peoples' Environments, Not Because Of Biological Differences Among Peoples Themselves

Although Native Africans Domesticated Some Plants In The Sahel And In Ethiopia And In Tropical West Africa, They Acquired Valuable Domestic Animals Only Later, From The North.

Today Charles Darwin Is Best Known For Establishing The Fact Of Evolution And For Recognizing The Major Role Of Natural Selection In Driving It.