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Dr Richard Wrangham is an anthropologist and primatologist, a Professor of Biological Anthropology at Harvard University and an author whose research focuses on ape behaviour, human evolution, violence, and cooking.\nHumans have the capacity for incredible benevolence and kindness, but also are able to be execute other members of our species with a uniquely effective ruthlessness. Why would evolution give us such differing capacities to chimps and apes and what can this tell us about our nature?\nExpect to learn the fascinating evolutionary story of human aggression through the ages, how humans actually selectively bred ourselves to become less aggressive, how our capacity for violence informed the evolution of morality, the true reason for why humans might have a sense of right and wrong, what would have happened to a hyper aggressive male ancestrally and much more...\nSponsors:\nGet 15% discount on Mud/Wtr at http://mudwtr.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM)\nGet 20% discount on House Of Macadamias\u2019 nuts at\xa0https://houseofmacadamias.com/modernwisdom (use code MW20)\nGet 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied)\nExtra Stuff:\nBuy The Goodness Paradox - https://amzn.to/3YVQz6Z\xa0\nGet my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die \u2192 https://chriswillx.com/books/\nTo support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom\n-\nGet in touch.\nInstagram:\xa0https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx\nTwitter:\xa0https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast\nEmail: https://chriswillx.com/contact/\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices