The decline of violence,'may be the most meaningful and least appreciated development in the history of our species'
This is the first in our series reviewing the six books shortlisted for the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books Nobody could accuse Steven Pinker of intellectual constipation. He tackles open-ended, pub argument themes such as where language came from, and how the intellect is formed,and how we got to be what we are: all questions obscured by the fog of prehistory, bedevilled by subjective attitudes and overwhelmed by evidence as confusing as it is profuse.
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Source: theguardian.com