Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Chris Ryan & Frans de Waal - Man Is Not Violent By Nature

Do you agree with Dr. de Waal in the notion that man is not inherently violent? Our two closest ancestors, chimps and bonobos, who are identically distant to us evolutionarily, are very different creatures in their behaviors. Chimps, though not always aggressive, have been known to do some pretty gruesome things both in domestic and wild life. Bonobos, on the other hand, are banned from some zoos because of their open and frequent sexual displays, often used as a tool to avoid conflict. So, I'll ask again: which ape are we more similar to? 


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