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[–] village604@adultswim.fan 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Primates also have territories, and chimps, one of our closest relatives, have wars over them.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And they're so much smarter than us, we saw no reason to change such a winning strategy.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 4 points 1 day ago

As a whole, humanity is still just a bunch of angry apes.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

and bonobos, chimpanzee's closest relatives have found evolutionary strategies that work without wars. we have changed our ways of eating and living before, we can again. all we need, as a society, is the imagination to remake ourselves as we have before

[–] MrFinnbean@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

There is a study from 2024 that says bonobo chimpanzees can be even more agressive than Gombe chimpanzees

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(24)00253-7

Edit; Sync did not play nice with the link.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

um... sorry but no, bonobos are as prone to extreme violence as any other chimps. They've even been seen to form groups and beat to death problematic (or in one case just unpopular) members of the community.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

We have so much extra food we don't even really need to change much.