Infectious Diseases Introduced With Europeans, Like Smallpox

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.

People Often Ask, "what Is The Single Most Important Environmental Population Problem Facing The World Today?" A Flip Answer Would Be, "the Single Most Important Problem Is Our Misguided Focus On Identifying The Single Most Important Problem!

In Short, Europe’s Colonization Of Africa Had Nothing To Do With Differences Between European And African Peoples Themselves, As White Racists Assume. Rather, It Was Due To Accidents Of Geography And Biogeography—in Particular, To The Continents’ Different Areas, Axes, And Suites Of Wild Plant And Animal Species. That Is, The Different Historical Trajectories Of Africa And Europe Stem Ultimately From Differences In Real Estate.

Not Until The Beginning Of The 20th Century Did Europe's Urban Populations Finally Become Self-sustaining: Before Then, Constant Immigration Of Healthy Peasants From The Countryside Was Necessary To Make Up For The Constant Deaths Of City Dwellers From Crowd Diseases.

Although Native Africans Domesticated Some Plants In The Sahel And In Ethiopia And In Tropical West Africa, They Acquired Valuable Domestic Animals Only Later, From The North.