Humanity may not be the end point of evolution.Homo sapiens emerged through a much longer evolutionary journey that included Homo habilis, Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis, Neanderthals, and Denisovans. Earlier human lineages disappeared while our lineage survived and expanded.We call this evolution.Yet humans often place themselves at the top of creation. Religious traditions have sometimes reinforced … Continue reading The Next Chapter of Intelligence
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The Evolution of Gratitude
Some questions could still be answered to make a stronger case that nonhuman primates do feel gratitude or some evolutionary building block of gratitude. First, huge evidence in humans suggests that gratitude is important for creating new relationships, but not so much for upholding existing ones. If the opportunity arose to study a newly formed … Continue reading The Evolution of Gratitude