Human Diversity

**All people are equal but, as *Human Diversity* explores, all groups of people are not the same -- a fascinating investigation of the genetics and neuroscience of human differences.** **

** The thesis of *Human Diversity* is that advances in genetics and neuroscience are overthrowing an intellectual orthodoxy that has ruled the social sciences for decades. The core of the orthodoxy consists of three dogmas:

\- Gender is a social construct.

\- Race is a social construct.

\- Class is a function of privilege.

The problem is that all three dogmas are half-truths. They have stifled progress in understanding the rich texture that biology adds to our understanding of the social, political, and economic worlds we live in.

It is not a story to be feared. "There are no monsters in the closet," Murray writes, "no dread doors we must fear opening." But it is a story that needs telling. *Human Diversity* does so without sensationalism, drawing on the most authoritative scientific findings, celebrating both our many differences and our common humanity.