# Human Biological Differences Do Not Produce Races by Dan Sperber > “Species evolve because of genetic differences among their members; therefore you cannot leave biological difference out of a biological approach. Luckily, it so happens that biological differences among humans are minor and don't produce sub-species or "races," and that human sexual dimorphism is relatively limited.” > **— Dan Sperber**, *2006 Edge Annual Question, response passage* ## Sources and Context - **Direct publication and locator:** [Culture is natural — Dan Sperber](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/10384) — 2006 Annual Question response, contiguous sentence(s) within the representative extract. - **Exact original excerpt:** “Species evolve because of genetic differences among their members; therefore you cannot leave biological difference out of a biological approach. Luckily, it so happens that biological differences among humans are minor and don't produce sub-species or "races," and that human sexual dimorphism is relatively limited. In particular, all humans have mind/brains made up of the same mechanisms, with just fine-tuning differences. (Think how very different all this would be if — however improbably — Neanderthals had survived and developed culturally like we did so that there really were different human "races").” - **Context and editing:** The poster takes the first two contiguous sentences. Sperber’s next sentence says humans share the same mind/brain mechanisms with fine-tuning differences; the poster preserves his comparative scope. No editorial words were inserted. - **Local Edge archive:** [[research/Edge 2006 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2006 Full Quotation Curation]], response EDGE2006-110. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Edge|Edge]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Greatest Transformation in Human History|The Greatest Transformation in Human History]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Human Animality|Human Animality]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Human Animality|Human Animality]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Species evolve because of genetic differences among their members; therefore you cannot leave biological difference out of a biological approach. Luckily, it so happens that biological differences among humans are minor and don't produce sub-species or "races," and that human sexual dimorphism is relatively limited.” — Dan Sperber, 2006 Edge Annual Question, response passage https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-dan-sperber-human-biological-differences-not-produce-races ```