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By Robert P. Latham / The Bulletin
March 18, 2012
Homo sapiens have been around for about 200,000 years. One of the early developments in our evolution was the idea of voluntary trade — “I’ll give you three coconuts for that dead rabbit.” Only about 10,000 years ago did we begin to invent substantial ideas about religion and government. About....