Brigham Young had 47 children, and over 50 women as wives.

The information that is passed from person to person and from generation to generation is the primary factor that gives humans a competitive advantage over other animals.

The rare person is still interested in new advances when they are adults. There is possibly a correlation with intelligence. In any case, you have to be fairly bright to keep learning and changing attitudes as you get older.

Even small cults are a serious cost on the world economy, to victims, their families, employers, friends, and credit-card companies.

Genetic studies in Iceland have found that many of the women who were the founding stock of Iceland came from England and what is now France. Some were probably captured and carried off in Viking raids only 40 generations ago.

Most of the suicide hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, a place not lacking in wealth. But due to rapid population growth, the wealth per capita has fallen by about half in a generation.

Primates will continue to play social games without the least insight into what is killing them.