Biology Is The Science. Evolution

For Anyone Inclined To Caricature Environmental History As 'environmental Determinism,' The Contrasting Histories Of The Dominican Republic And Haiti Provide A Useful Antidote. Yes, Environmental Problems Do Constrain Human Societies, But The Societies' Responses Also Make A Difference.

To Science We Owe Dramatic Changes In Our Smug Self-image. Astronomy Taught Us That Our Earth Is Not The Center Of The Universe, But Merely One Of Nine Planets Circling One Of Billions Of Stars. From Biology We Learned That Humans Were Not Specially Created By God But Evolved Along With Tens Of Millions Of Other Species.

Technology Has To Be Invented Or Adopted.

Forced To Choose Between Limiting Population Or Trying To Increase Food Production, We Chose The Latter And Ended Up With Starvation, Warfare, And Tyranny.

Why Is It That You White People Developed So Much Cargo And Brought It To New Guinea, But We Black People Had Little Cargo Of Our Own?