Why do chimps kill chimps from other groups that come into their territory? Why do some chimps use aggression against other chimps to manipulate them, while other chimps use grooming?

A certain degree of sharing is part of our human / animal nature, but so is a certain degree of claiming ownership over things, and certain individuals have more sway over decisions than others. Flat hierarchies with nobody in command seem to work in theory, but in practice it's different.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 9 points 9 months ago (10 children)

That's the Naturalistic fallacy at work, though. We aren't chimps, nor is doing what humans did in the past necessarily better than what we do now. By that chain, you would be an Anarcho-primitivist.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works -5 points 9 months ago (9 children)

We're apes, even if we're not chimps.

[–] Gabu@lemmy.ml 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

You're a mammal, a rat is a mammal - should we just consider you the same as a rat?

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 months ago

We can learn a lot about humans by studying rats. It doesn't mean that humans are the same as rats, but clearly we're not completely different either.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 2 points 9 months ago

Yes?

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