Put Another Way, The Chimpanzees' Closest Relative

Throughout History, Adultery Has Had Few Rivals As A Cause Of Murder And Human Misery. The Reason We Tend To Resemble Our Mates Is That Many Of Us Are Looking For Someone Who Reminds Us Of Our Parent Or Sibling Of The Opposite Sex, Who In Turn Resembles Us.

With The Macarthur Grant, I Realized That People Have High Expectations Of Me, That They Were Placing Me In This Group Of Achievers. I Compared What Id Actually Achieved In My Life With What I Would Like To Achieve And What Other People Have Achieved, And I Found That Comparison Depressing.

Thousands Of Years Ago, Humans Domesticated Every Possible Large Wild Mammal Species Fulfilling All Those Criteria And Worth Domesticating, With The Result That There Have Been No Valuable Additions Of Domestic Animals In Recent Times, Despite The Efforts Of Modern Science.

Twenty Years Ago, You Might Have Been Pessimistic And Said There's No Hope. But These Days, Some Of Our Very Biggest Companies Are Acting Remarkably Cleanly. And In Some Cases, Although Not All Cases, The Ceos Are The Driving Forces Behind That.

We're Uncomfortable About Considering History As A Science. It's Classified As A Social Science, Which Is Considered Not Quite Scientific.