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Before he passed away in 2010, maverick psychologist Stan Gooch sent us one of his final articles, which we're pleased to publish for the first time. Labour voters in particular may not enjoy what follows...



There are two reasons why humanity is so deeply divided into permanently opposed and constantly conflicting groups with very different views on life and its meaning. The first of these reas­ons is that we are hybrids, a cross between two very different species: Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon. I made this claim many, many years ago in my early books; it was, however, always totally denied by the scientific establishment.