February 26, 2020

Evolution Doesn't Make Everything Nice: A Conversation About Primate Societies with Joan Silk

No author found

Listen: Spotify - Google - Apple - Stitcher

The idea that nature, left to itself, reaches some sort of harmonious balance is still widespread in the lay public and some public policy circles. "This View of Life" leads to a different conclusion; that "niceness" can evolve, but only when special conditions are met. Otherwise, evolution results in organisms that impose suffering on each other. David explores this theme for primate societies with the pre-eminent primatologist and evolutionary behavioral ecologist, Joan Silk.

---

Become a member of the TVOL1000 and join the Darwinian revolution

Follow This View of Life on Twitter and Facebook

Order the This View of Life book

Related Posts

No items found.
More from This View of Life
No items found.