Wednesday 10 August 2016

Despite What You Might Think, Humans Actually Evolved To Be Kind

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Maybe there's hope for humanity yet. As a species, studies have shown humans to be more willing to help strangers than other types of primates, and we exhibit less conflict within our groups compared with other animals too.

That's hard to believe if you switch on the news, but new research suggests that we actually evolved the drive to be 'kind' in order to get access to more resources - and hints that it's not impossible for humans to become more welcoming to people of different backgrounds.

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