Harari — “Tolerance is not a Sapiens trademark. In modern…”
Source: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind — Yuval Noah Harari
Book page: harari-sapiens
From: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind — Quotes
Tolerance is not a Sapiens trademark. In modern times, a small difference in skin colour, dialect or religion has been enough to prompt one group of Sapiens to set about exterminating another group. Would ancient Sapiens have been more tolerant towards an entirely different human species? It may well be that when Sapiens encountered Neanderthals, the result was the first and most significant ethnic-cleansing campaign in history.