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Frans de Waal on Chimpanzee—and Human—Politics

The Good Fight

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The Evolution of Morality in Non-Human Primates

When one group is more peaceful than the other, presumably it's been ruled out in some way that this is genetic. So what are the wrong assumptions that people make about morality and human nature from studying these non-human primates? And what do you think the actual lesson is? I got interested in the evolution of morality because I worked on empathy in the primates.

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