Laure said:
The chimpanzee is among the species most closely related to humans. Indeed, they share 98% of their genes. Futhermore, according to fossil datation, their closest common ancestor lived 6 millions years ago.With this in mind, what could observations of violence in chimpanzee groups explain about human behaviour ?
According to biology, behaviour and traits are transmitted to different species by evolution. A common trait of chimpanzee and humans is their extraordinary ability to make war and to kill their own species (although humans are unmistakably the best).Where does it come from? Is it natural instinct? Is it taught by the previous generation? One thing is quite sure : their common ancestor must have had the same behaviour.
This must change our conception of the violent behaviour of humans. Violence might not be just a way of gaining power and wealth. Violence might actually be inherent in human behavior. If this is so, be careful : everybody must be even more vigilant in order to rule violence out of our world.
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