Batterson: I think we have a big problem with i'm really interested to know what you think about this, because i don't know if yourr a libertarian but im, we we can't be free. How do you see our species developing socially along those lines? It's really hard, really, really hard to predict. Im, you know, the inventions may come. Let's hope they do, but it's hard to predict what they might be.
In a few decades, a torrent of new evidence and ideas about human evolution has allowed scientists to piece together a more detailed understanding of what went on thousands and even millions of years ago. Lesley Newson and Peter Richerson, a husband-and-wife team based at the University of California, Davis, have spent years together and individually researching and collaborating with scholars from a wide range of disciplines to produce a deep history of humankind. In A Story of Us, they present this rich narrative and explain how the evolution of our genes relates to the evolution of our cultures.