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The Biology of the Right-Left Divide part 3

Fight Like An Animal

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The Origins of Political Dilemma

My hypothesis of the origins of political difference that the neotony hypothesis has been kicking around like i said for at least a century. People continue to write papers providing further indications that it might be true and my hypothesis just extends the neotoney hypothesis to say that not only were aggression and its correlated traits a subject of evolutionary pressure but also produced variation in these traits precisely as we see in other species. Below certain thresholds of social and technological complexity these differences certainly do play a role in shaping how traditional societies are shaped.

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