The default assumption, in lieu of strong evidence to the contrary, should be that we’re continuous with the rest of the living world, and thus that the differences we see in our species have the same origin as those in every other: natural selection.

— Steve Stewart-Williams A Billion Years of Sex Differences: How Evolution Shaped the Minds of Men and Women (2026)

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A Billion Years of Sex Differences: How Evolution Shaped the Minds of Men and Women (2026)

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