I know my question is broad, but I just finished reading Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind and it merely wet my appetite. I now want to get down into the details and learn as much as I can. I'm new to the whole subject of human origins and migration patterns, but I can't get enough.
Does anyone have books or sources they can share on the subject?
I'm interested in learning about all of the subspecies (I dont know that that usage is common anymore) of Sapiens and how or why we are different.
A lot of the pure race talk on Voat has made me wish to seek the truth, or as much as there is to know about human origins so that I can form a solid opinion based on facts and science.
Thanks ahead of time.
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[–] NeoGoat 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
I think "species" is more appropriate, since before modern times, there was almost no interbreeding. The word "race" seems designed to cloud the issue. Even "subspecies" seems a half truth. Also, some interbred with Neanderthals and almost certainly other humanoids.
Listen to https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/91696-new-nice then google to see tha bone density of Africans is a 10 to 20% higher. The radio show explains the relationship between bone density, and other physical features, and propensity toward violence. I think of the spreading across the earth as starting 120,000 years ago, meaning the bipedal apes have had over 6,000 (probably over 15,000) generations to diverge.
Misc facts: The Australian aboriginal can lie down on the ground and sleep naked when it is below freezing. As he sleepsz his body will go into hypothermia and then warm itself up in the morning. We would die.