Perhaps it's just me, but I am wary of any persons whose belief system is the only thing standing between them and repulsive behavior.

Personally, I think it is possible to build a society that is moral on a nonreligious basis, but the jury is still out on that.

After World War II it was decided that, in order to prevent the Germans and the French from having another war, it would be better to tie them together into one economic pact so they would invest in each other and have mutual stakes. Until now, that has worked to prevent warfare between the two.

A chimpanzee who is really gearing up for a fight doesn't waste time with gestures but just goes ahead and attacks.

The chimpanzees could tear me apart in no time. They're many times stronger than we are.

The more self-aware an animal is, the more empathetic it tends to be.

Females avoid conflict. They are afraid of violence. The males, on the other hand, are less averse to strife. But once conflict breaks out, the males are much better at reconciling. In a study done in Finland, children who had quarreled were asked how much longer they intended to be angry at one another. The boys proudly said: "Oh, at least one or two days." The girls said "forever".