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Humans may not be as hardwired for violence as we thought

New research from the University of Lincoln, UK, is questioning a long standing idea about the evolutionary roots of human violence. The findings suggest that everyday aggression does not necessarily build toward deadly conflict.

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New research from the University of Lincoln challenges the view that human violence is hardwired by evolution. An analysis published in Evolution Letters finds that everyday, mild aggression does not inevitably lead to lethal conflict, implying that the two forms of aggression may have arisen from separate evolutionary pathways. The study suggests that the mechanisms underlying routine aggression differ from those that produce deadly violence, prompting a reevaluation of assumptions about humanity’s innate propensity for harm.

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