Historians primarily focus on proximate causes & they don't test hypotheses. Jared Diamond's comparative method in Guns, Germs & Steel does.
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@michaelshermer These#HBD people would see anything as genetic in spite of demonstrable evidence of cultural change without genetic change.3 replies 1 retweet 2 likes -
Replying to @christopherburd
@christopherburd@hbdchick I'm quite sure genetic variation plays a role. But it's a smaller one than basic human mental processes.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@christopherburd@hbdchick But I don't think marriage patterns have the power to increase altruism in the space of 100s of years.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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@AlWest13 @christopherburd no, not marriage patterns in and of themselves, but natural selection, yes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_10,000_Year_Explosion …
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