A few weeks ago on NRO I reviewed Before the Dawn, the new book about human origins by NY Times science writer Nicholas Wade. The author was recently interviewed for Current Biology. You need a subscription, but the guys at Gene Expression have posted some interesting extracts. Sample: “So far … the book has had more attacks from the left, particularly for the lèse-majesté … of saying our recent ancestors, far from being noble savages, were a lot more savage than we are.”