John Mitani spent years studying a huge community of chimpanzees in Uganda. But then things took a dark turn – and his findings stunned the scientific world
In a certain way, this is encouraging. If we can uncover the underlying mechanisms driving aggressive and war like behavior in chimpanzees, we may be able to treat these behaviors in humans.
Additionally, if it’s not an emergent phenomena of civilization, it may be only sometimes emergent in evolution. If life has evolved elsewhere, it may be possible they did not evolve war or war like aggressive behavior, and thus may not have the evils we have.
In a certain way, this is encouraging. If we can uncover the underlying mechanisms driving aggressive and war like behavior in chimpanzees, we may be able to treat these behaviors in humans.
Additionally, if it’s not an emergent phenomena of civilization, it may be only sometimes emergent in evolution. If life has evolved elsewhere, it may be possible they did not evolve war or war like aggressive behavior, and thus may not have the evils we have.