WASHINGTON — Evolution and genetics seem to have baked a certain amount of murder into humans as a species, but civilization has tamed some of the savage beast in us, according to a new study. Scientists calculated the rate at which more than 1,000 mammal species kill their own kind, and noticed how closely related species have similar rates of lethal violence.
Study: Human Species’ Violence Down
SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press, Portland Press Herald
Wed, 09/28/2016 - 6:43pm
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