# Can Humans Transcend the Biological Limits Built Into Our Brains by Milford H. Wolpoff > “The major change through the prehistory of our species is the evolution of our brain, the development of a social organ that makes human culture (and language) part of our biology. My question is whether we can ever transcend the consequences and free ourselves of the biological limitations that have been imposed in the process.” > **— Milford H. Wolpoff**, *1998, Edge Annual Question, “WHAT QUESTIONS ARE YOU ASKING YOURSELF?”* ## Sources and Context - **Direct Edge response and surrounding essay:** [Paleoanthropologist at the University of Michigan; author of Paleoanthropology; coauthor of Race And Human Evolution.](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/11985) — Edge published this exact, continuous passage in its 1998 Annual Question collection, *WHAT QUESTIONS ARE YOU ASKING YOURSELF?*. The response page preserves the surrounding argument and qualifications. - **Complete local collection index:** [[research/Edge 1998 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 1998 Full Quotation Curation]] — retained source-first record for the response cohort and this passage's promotion status. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Edge|Edge]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|Valley Roots]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Were Never Going to Make It|Never Going to Make It!]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Evolutionary Biology|Evolutionary Biology]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Evolutionary Biology|Evolutionary Biology]] - [[wiki/Human Evolution|Human Evolution]] - [[wiki/Natural Selection|Natural Selection]] - [[wiki/Neuroscience|Neuroscience]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The major change through the prehistory of our species is the evolution of our brain, the development of a social organ that makes human culture (and language) part of our biology. My question is whether we can ever transcend the consequences and free ourselves of the biological limitations that have been imposed in the process.” — Milford H. Wolpoff, 1998, Edge Annual Question, “WHAT QUESTIONS ARE YOU ASKING YOURSELF?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-milford-wolpoff-humans-transcend-biological-limits-built-brains ```