Claire. Posted September 28, 2016 #1 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Why do we kill? Controversial study blames our distant ancestors. Human bloodlust—from war to murder—traces back millions of years to our primate ancestors. That’s the conclusion of a controversial new study, which reaches far back into our family tree to uncover the evolutionary roots of lethal violence among more than 1000 mammalian species. “It’s nice to see where humans fall in relation to other species,” says Polly Wiessner, an anthropologist at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City who studies violence and peacemaking in Papua New Guinea. But she says the sweeping analysis relies on imprecise data and doesn’t provide new information about the cultural subtleties that affect when and how humans deploy violence. Read more: Sciencep/url] 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PersonFromPorlock Posted September 28, 2016 #2 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Not sure there's a lot of "why" to it: the genes of the violent get passed on, the genes of their victims don't. Also, eating critters works better than getting et. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkenpath25 Posted September 28, 2016 #3 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Its the way of the land . Kill or be killed . No one is going to stand by and do nothing if someone is going to kill them I don't care where you are from. Its a way to thin out population . Most likely my ancestors killed a few here and there with our tempers, I am Irish/Italian , Its all good it all comes out even I think 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWoo7 Posted September 28, 2016 #4 Share Posted September 28, 2016 We've always ate bugs, maybe it extended from there.Emoticons again, HERE TRY ONE ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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