surmise that humans

“In conclusion, we can surmise that humans [genus Homo] were predators or scavengers, that were also likely prey of opportunity.  Using this relationship as an explanation of human social behavior, language, and brain size is quite a stretch.  Since predator/prey relationships have existed as long as there has been life on this planet and there are no other creatures that exhibit such human traits, then whatever the impetus was for us acquiring these abilities, it extended beyond a simplistic predator/prey explanation.” - Science20.com Gerhard Adam, April 10th, 2013

Comment: We humans have disconnected ourselves from our true nature from ignorance and misinformation that has been ingrained through social conditioning. Look at fear, fear of being hurt, fear of damage and fear of loss of life all contribute to our natural instincts to flee that which causes us harm or to flee from that which we fail to understand especially about what makes us humans. To be human is to be in conflict, conflict with ourselves and conflict with interaction of other humans. We cannot avoid either one because our base instinct for survival as humans is to band together into groups. Humans tend to gravitate toward those of like mind, like customs and like beliefs. The closer we come in those traits the better we get along and the better our chances for survival. Even in modern times where a threat from natural wildlife, such as lions and tigers and bears, is pretty much gone we still have to survive conflict between nations, societies, tribes, groups and families. Yes, even in the family we have to contend with both conflict and violence. The sooner we accept our true nature the sooner we can re-learn how that works as a communications and deliberation skill. Conflict and violence comes in many flavors and many levels. Focusing on the one level because it scares us while assuming the other levels will, “Work themselves out,” is stupid, ludicrous and simplistically ignorant. If mother nature has not seen fit to remove the need for conflict and violence communications and deliberations then why would we force ourselves into a state of resentment and frustration in the name of fear, fear of pain, hurt and damage?