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submitted 4 months ago by [M] to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
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[–] 31 points 4 months ago (13 children)

Yes but humans are not wolfs. Each behave differently.

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  • [–] 21 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    Primates also have territories, and chimps, one of our closest relatives, have wars over them.

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  • [–] 12 points 4 months ago* (3 children)

    and bonobos, chimpanzee's closest relatives have found evolutionary strategies that work without wars. we have changed our ways of eating and living before, we can again. all we need, as a society, is the imagination to remake ourselves as we have before

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago*

    um... sorry but no, bonobos are as prone to extreme violence as any other chimps. They've even been seen to form groups and beat to death problematic (or in one case just unpopular) members of the community.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Humans, seemingly uniquely among animals, reinvent and reimagine our political lives constantly. We see no evidence that chimpanzees have revolutions or that wolves will try a different model of organization or negotiation. What we observe from H. sapiens is just this. From the beginning of history both written and oral, we have been reevaluating and altering the ways in which we live.

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