natural selection

“Human nature was produced by natural selection working at two levels simultaneously. Individuals compete with individuals within every group, and we are the descendants of primates who excelled at that competition.” - Jonathan Haidt, The Righteous Mind

Comment: It is no surprise that the term “Primates” is used, i.e., the old “Monkey Brain” explanation of human participation in conflict and violence. Competition is conflict with everyone reaching for the goal of things like, i.e., “ego, pride, status, honor and face.” All of those things that trigger the monkey antics that most often get us humans into more trouble than we might want or expect.