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CATEGORIES:Biological Anthropology Seminar Series
SUMMARY:The Goodness Paradox: How self-domestication contr
 ibutes to explaining the uniquely human combinatio
 n of good and evil. - Professor Richard Wrangham
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URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/163753
DESCRIPTION:The Goodness Paradox is that humans are both one o
 f the most violent species and one of the most pea
 ceful species. This is paradoxical if aggression i
 s viewed as being on a single scale. The problem i
 s resolved\, however\, when aggression is seen as 
 falling into two major categories (proactive and r
 eactive) because compared to other primates\, huma
 ns are relatively up-regulated in the tendency for
  proactive aggression\, and down-regulated in the 
 tendency for reactive aggression. This combination
  of tendencies is highly unusual in animals. I sug
 gest that it can be explained by the evolution of 
 a unique capacity for proactive coalitional aggres
 sion called targeted conspiratorial killing (TCK).
  TCK led to down-regulation of reactive aggression
  (i.e. self-domestication)\, which is identifiable
  with the evolution of Homo sapiens. Self-domestic
 ation is also logically linked with major changes 
 in social behaviour and cognition\, affecting nume
 rous aspects of human life including male egalitar
 ianism\, cooperation and a morality of fairness.
LOCATION:Live on Zoom\, link circulated by email
CONTACT:Laura van Holstein
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