Forget Survival of the Fittest: It Is Kindness that Counts: Scientific American - The Diigo Meta page

• 14 Mar 09
  

  Shanta Rohse

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• 10 Mar 09
  

  elsamary

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  • “Born to be good” for me means that our mammalian and hominid evolution have crafted a species—us—with remarkable tendencies toward kindness, play, generosity, reverence and self-sacrifice, which are vital to the classic tasks of evolution—survival, gene replication and smooth functioning groups.
  • Darwin-inspired studies have revealed that our capacity for caring, for play, for reverence and modesty are built into our brains, bodies, genes and social practices
• 28 Feb 09
  

  shauna struby

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