

“Women who gave birth earlier, when the infant’s brain and head were still relatively small and supple, fared better and lived to have more children. Natural selection consequently favoured earlier births. And, indeed, compared to other animals, humans are born prematurely, when many of their vital systems are still under-developed.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

“There’s enough of the social climber in most people so that they fall for this stuff and consider it a privilege to be admitted to a place that specializes in taking their money.”
― Top of the Heap
― Top of the Heap

“So it should not come as a surprise that millions of pious Christians, Muslims and Jews manage to believe at one and the same time in an omnipotent God and an independent Devil.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

“According to the New Testament, shortly before the crucifixion a woman anointed Christ with precious oil worth 300 denarii. Jesusâ€� disciples scolded the woman for wasting such a huge sum of money instead of giving it to the poor, but Jesus defended her, saying that ‘The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have meâ€� (Mark 14:7).”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

“As long as Homo erectus did not undergo further genetic alterations, its stone tools remained roughly the same â€� for close to 2 million years!”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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