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The speaker argues that human groups have plotted against and exterminated other groups, and that humans descend from groups that survived such conflicts while most other groups were wiped out.
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“Like, I do think we are all descended from the groups of humans who successfully exterminated the other groups of humans,”
“most of whom throughout history have been wiped out.”Play from 2:11:26Report a misattribution
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