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#573 - Dr Victor Kumar - How Did Human Morality Evolve?

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The Evolution of Moral Emotions in the Primate World

Our closest relatives in the primate world do not have these moral emotions. Have you got any idea at what point humans would have evolved these? Yeah, so I do think that chimpanzees and bonobos have some analog of moral emotions. They do have emotions like sympathy. The key one that I think distinguishes us from bonobos is mutual respect.

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