Nicholas Wade
Born
May 17, 1942
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Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors
36 editions
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2006
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A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History
17 editions
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2014
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The Faith Instinct: How Religion Evolved and Why It Endures
18 editions
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2009
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Where COVID Came From
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The Science Times Book of Language and Linguistics
3 editions
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2000
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Life Script: How the Human Genome Discoveries Will Transform Medicine and Enhance Your Health
12 editions
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1901
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The Science Times Book of Insects
3 editions
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1998
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Una herencia incómoda
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The Science Times Book of Genetics
3 editions
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1998
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The Science Times Book of Fish
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1997
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“Though there is still a large random element, the broad general theme of human history is that each race has developed the institutions appropriate to secure survival in its particular environment. This, then, is the most significant feature of human races: not that their members differ in physical appearance but that their society’s institutions differ because of slight differences in social behavior.”
― A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History
― A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History
“Politically oriented scientists often proclaim that there are no distinct human races, seeking to imply, without actually saying so, that races do not exist. One reason that races exist, though not distinctly, is that the features characteristic of a race are often distributed along a gradient. Almost all northern Chinese have the sinodont pattern of dentition, but the farther one goes toward southern China and Southeast Asia, the greater the percentage of people who are sundadonts and the fewer who are sinodonts.”
― A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History
― A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History
“The genes supply the motivation for warfare, [E. O.] Wilson is saying, in humans as they do in chimps, but people, blessed with the power of language, look for some objective cause of war. A society psychs itself up to go to war by agreeing that their neighbors have wronged them, whether by seizing property or failing to deliver on some promise. Religious leaders confirm that the local deity favors their cause and off go the troops. ”
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