DNA Evidence for Cultural Evolution
Nicholas Wade’s A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History challenges the taboo-ridden field of anthropology. In recent decades, anthropologists have denied that race exists. The Greeks would have called this a “virtuous lie” because its purpose is to prevent future injustices like we have had in the past. DNA statistical studies are fascinating and need not be threats to anyone. We are above all individuals more than we are representatives of whatever groups other people might want to classify us in. Environments and choices can make huge differences.
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