Homo coquinus Catching Fire Richard Wrangham Basic Books ISBN 978-0-465-01362-3

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Florian Maderspacher

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As someone who routinely confronts creationists of all stripes, where do you think this debate is headed? Oddly, those of us who study human evolution are not usually thought of as biologists within biology, and not usually thought of as paleontologists within paleontology. And I won’t even guess how most anthropologists view us these days... Maybe all of our various colleagues are just happier to have someone else deal with the tricky topic of human evolution. I have become convinced that the only way forward is to teach children about science, reason and critical thought. The children are the future. Given a decent education, they will learn that rational thought is the best way forward. Preachers will surely tell them that divine intervention might keep these large-brained bipedal primates from fouling their global nest. But it’s ever more obvious that even the most faithful technological primates need a good backup plan in case the deity thing doesn’t work out.

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