THE MOST INVASIVE SPECIES OF ALL.

HUMAN migrations; HUMAN genetics; COOPERATION; WEAPONS -- History; HUMAN evolution; FOSSIL hominids; GENETICS; EMIGRATION & immigration; BIOLOGICAL evolution; PRACTICAL politics; SOCIAL skills; WEAPONS

The article discusses the migrations of early human beings and questions why human beings, or the species known as homo sapiens, survived when other archaic human species such as Neandertals did not. According to the author, homo sapiens were able to thrive because they were genetically programmed to cooperate with unrelated individuals and had higher cognitive abilities. Details on the development of advanced projectile weapons are also presented.