We may feel that wemust reject a dismal offer in order tokeep our self-esteem. From an evolution-ary viewpoint, this self-esteem is an in-ternal device for acquiring a reputation,which is beneficial in future encounters.

Just because humans have evolved to be smart enough to chronicle our species’ histories, tospeculate about its origins, and to figure out that we have about 30,000 genes in our genome is no reason to assume thatevolution has come to a standstill.

The study’s main finding was that both maternal and hired caretakers’ sensitivity to infant needs was a better predictor of achild’s subsequent development and behavior (such traits as social “compliance,” respect for others, and self-control weremeasured) than was actual time spent apart from the mother

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, testosterone levels inmales went down as they engaged in caretaking after the birth of an infant. Testosterone levels tended to be lowest in thosewith the most paternal experience

Older matrilineal kin may be the most valuable helpers of all.

Among cooperative breeders of certain other species, such as wolves and jackals, pups born inthe same litter can be sired by different fathers

Evidently, diverse organisms have converged on cooperative breeding for the best ofevolutionary reasons

An operation in the autonomous hospital can cost one-tenth that in an official hospital.

“Up north,” I’d later tell Mexican friends, “we don’t have as many speed bumps, but neither do we have as much social resistance.”

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relatively little public assistance.

the main reason people experience homelessness is because they cannot find housing they can afford.

. But is this a logical assertion? Isn't this like condemning a robbed man because his possession of money precipitated the evil act of robbery? Isn't this like condemning Socrates because his unswerving commitment to truth and his philosophical inquiries precipitated the act by the misguided populace in which they made him drink hemlock? Isn't this like condemning Jesus because his unique God consciousness and never ceasing devotion to God's will precipitated the evil act of crucifixion?

You warmly commended the Birmingham police force for keeping "order" and "preventing violence." I doubt that you would have so warmly commended the police force if you had seen its dogs sinking their teeth into unarmed, nonviolent Negroes. I doubt that you would so quickly commend the policemen if you were to observe their ugly and inhumane treatment of Negroes here in the city jail; if you were to watch them push and curse old Negro women and young Negro girls; if you were to see them slap and kick old Negro men and young boys; if you were to observe them, as they did on two occasions, refuse to give us food because we wanted to sing our grace together.

But the judgment of God is upon the church as never before. If today's church does not recapture the sacrificial spirit of the early church, it will lose its authenticity, forfeit the loyalty of millions, and be dismissed as an irrelevant social club with no meaning for the twentieth century.