Why Is It That You White People

Introspection And Preserved Writings Give Us Far More Insight Into The Ways Of Past Humans Than We Have Into The Ways Of Past Dinosaurs. For That Reason, I'm Optimistic That We Can Eventually Arrive At Convincing Explanations For These Broadest Patterns Of Human History.

Put Another Way, The Chimpanzees' Closest Relative Is Not The Gorilla But Humans.

In Fact, Everywhere In The World There Has Been A Flux Between Big And Small Societies. Big Political Units Are Constantly Being Formed, Later To Fragment. The Individual Pieces Try To Pull Apart, And Then They Join Together Again. One Sees That In Europe: There Have Been Unifications And Then Dissolutions And Reunifications. So In The Long Run, It's 10,000 Steps Toward Amalgamation Offsetting 9,999 Steps Toward Falling Apart Again. In Businesses And Industries, I Would Guess That's Also True.

Recent Discoveries About Apes Suggest, However, That A Gorilla Or Common Chimp Stands At Least As Good A Chance Being Murdered As The Average Human.

The Rate Of Human Invention Is Faster, And The Rate Of Cultural Loss Is Slower, In Areas Occupied By Many Competing Societies With Many Individuals And In Contact With Societies Elsewhere.