Richard Wrangham
Primatologist, Harvard
Richard Wrangham is a professor of biology and anthropology at Harvard University who studies chimpanzees, and their behavior, in Uganda. His main interest is in the question of human evolution from a behavioral perspective. He is the author, with Dale Peterson, of "Demonic Males: Apes, and the Origins Of Human Violence," and "Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human."
Humans have not acknowledged the degree to which we are a dangerous species. Life is safer if we recognize the dangers and anticipate them.
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There will be a day when our food will be piped into our houses in some form of algomash that we can then turn into the equivalent of today’s hamburgers […]
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Will raw foodists evolve differently from humans who eat cooked food?
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We have the smallest guts of all primates, and the biggest brains. Blame cooking.
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Creationism is simply part of the package for many religious people in the U.S.
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Having more females in positions of power could reduce aggression in our society.
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The legendary primatologist would produce a few great observations on how to behave and then would just let you run, he says.
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There is evidence that humans are predisposed to behave violently in certain contexts. But the more we’re aware of it, the more we can do about it.
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A conversation with the Harvard primatologist.
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