Chapter II: Why (Most) Africans Are Poor

During Ice Ages (and somewhat between) some Neandertals, living in the North or the Middle of Europe, probably were moving South, but (old) Erectus or (new) Sapiens on the other side were travelling North to avoid too much heat and thereby little resources even further South. Besides, the South of Europe and North of Africa had a much wetter climate due to glacier melting or the blocking of downfall in the North of Europe. Ice and snow areas blocked much of the downfall in North of Europe, and rivers of melting water and rainfall nearby in the south meant that more food resources were available there.

Because the Neandertals had been living in the North and the Middle of Europe, they knew how to claim the food, that gradually were much of the same type that they got further north. The Sapiens were probably driven somewhat south by the Neandertals, but after a while a few smarter individuals adapted to both food in the north and south. They who could not adapt, went to stay back in the North of Africa. There they built large villages that meant a lot of people on a familiar diet, but the resources of food there got smaller and smaller. War between tribes had to arise; that meant the best warriors got rewarded on the expense of more intelligent or creative people. "Brawn over brain".

After a lot of generations the savage genes dominated much of the populations in Africa, while the Sapiens in the north (and partly south) had to keep together and cooperate to outwit the Neandertals, that probably got scared off to barren land in the end. Ingenuity were rewarded in the north, while strength and quick abilities were rewarded in the south (the best athletic people are often Africans, while inventors and discoverers are most often people with origins in the northern parts of Earth).

With the most aggressive men to be rewarded with the best resources (women, cattle and land) in Africa (and partly Asia) during hundreds of generations, there is no wonder that Africans (and some Asians and Latinos) are inferior to other people (with origins in the north) by running the societies in a peaceful and democratic manner. This the politicans must learn and understand to ever manage to reverse the bad developments we have seen the last hundred years.