# Can Life History Strategies Explain Historical Change by Hugo Mercier > “Can major historical events, from the advent of moral religions to the industrial revolution, be explained by changes in life history strategies?” > **— Hugo Mercier**, *2018 Edge Annual Question, question* ## Sources and Context - **Original Edge response:** [The Last Question — Hugo Mercier](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/27560) — Hugo Mercier's question in the 2018 Annual Question collection, posed rather than asserted as a conclusion. The Edge response page is the publication record for this exact question. - **Local archival entry:** [[research/Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation]] (EDGE2018-165). ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Edge|Edge]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Gene-Culture Coevolution|Gene-Culture Coevolution]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Can major historical events, from the advent of moral religions to the industrial revolution, be explained by changes in life history strategies?” — Hugo Mercier, 2018 Edge Annual Question https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-hugo-mercier-life-history-strategies-explain-historical ```