The Roots of Human Aggression
Humans are more often at peace than at war; we cooperate more than we conflict. In fact, there is mounting evidence that cooperation may be acentral facet in explaining our success as a species.
Against Animal Natures: An Anthropologist’s View
To understand the behavior of nonhuman animals, then, scientists nowadays may look for the expression of stable individual personality traits...
Lying
We like people who don’t lie; we feel they’re trustworthy. But perhaps life is not that simple, not that black and white.
Leakey grantees contribute to Chimpanzee
Jarman, age 4
Did you know that grantees of The Leakey Foundation, as well as project sites funded by the Foundation, were part of this summer’s Disneynature documentary Chimpanzee?
The lead scientific consultant to the movie, Dr. Christophe Boesch, has been studying wild chimps for 30 years. During Boesch’s early years of research, The Leakey Foundation funded his work in
Evolution
Humans often forget that we really are animals and almost all our behavior—even the most civilized and controlled—is rooted in evolution.