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Can Evolution Explain Our Politics? Nicholas Wade Thinks So
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Science writer Nicholas Wade on some of the most controversial territory in modern science.

Nicholas Wade is a former science writer for The New York Times and author of several books on human evolution, including A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race, and Human History and his new book, The Origin of Politics: How Evolution and Ideology Shape the Fate of Nations.

Today, I invite Wade on to discuss some of the toughest topics in modern science…

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