All people are similar but, as Human being Variety explores, all groups of people are not the same — a fascinating investigation from the genetics and neuroscience of human being differences.

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

– Gender can be a social build.

– Race can be a social build.

– Class is usually a function of privilege.

The problem is that three dogmas are half-truths. They have stifled improvement in understanding the rich texture that biology increases our understanding of the sociable, political, and economic worlds we reside in.

It is not a story to be feared. ‘There are no monsters in the wardrobe,’ Murray writes, ‘no dread doorways we must fear opening.’ But it is a tale that needs informing. Human Diversity will therefore without sensationalism, sketching on the most authoritative scientific findings, celebrating both our many variations and our common mankind.