[roccman]

ScienceDaily (Oct. 25, 2007) — When it comes to their social behavior, people sometimes act like monkeys, or more specifically, like rhesus macaques, a type of monkey that shares with humans strong tendencies for nepotism and political maneuvering, according to research by Dario Maestripieri, an expert on primate behavior and an Associate Professor in Comparative Human Development and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Chicago.



$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '"')Our Machiavellian intelligence is not something we can be proud of, but it may be the secret of our success. If it contributed to the evolution of our large brains and complex cognitive skills, it also contributed to the evolution of our ability to engage in noble spiritual and intellectual activities, including our love and compassion for other people", Maestripieri said.

[gg3]

Heh, monkeys that play office politics. It would be funny if it wasn't sad.

The obvious lesson is, if we want to behave like monkeys, we have to give up complex technologies or we will extinct ourselves. And if we want to keep our complex technologies, we have to outgrow behaving like monkeys.

After all, under certain conditions, mice and rats will eat their own offspring, and no one in their right mind would suggest that it's acceptable for humans to start doing likewise.

[Ayoob]

YeeeeeeeeeEEEEHAAAAAAW!

[Chuckmak]

to say i'm shocked would mean i'd be lying.

[Narz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gg3', 'H')eh, monkeys that play office politics. It would be funny if it wasn't sad.

The obvious lesson is, if we want to behave like monkeys, we have to give up complex technologies or we will extinct ourselves. And if we want to keep our complex technologies, we have to outgrow behaving like monkeys.

[Narz]

Oh, and thanks for the article rocc. I reposted it.