3min chapter

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast cover image

249. Primatologist Explains the 1% Difference Between Humans & Apes | Richard Wrangham

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

CHAPTER

Chimpanzees Killing Members of Neighboring Groups

The importance of that can hardly be overstated. It took, gosh, 30 years to develop enough confidence in what was happening in all of the other populations to say, you know what, this is a characteristic feature of chimpanzees. And by the time we had those data coming in, we could also say what it was associated with. Large numbers of males in an aggressive community. So you get lots of males together, and they will look for opportunities to kill members of neighboring groups. They don't care about measures of human disturbance or how many people live nearby. Their social dynamics are concerned with what's going on in their own species lives.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode