The hamadryas baboon is a harem holder where one male mates with multiple females.

I call the notion that we are nothing but killer apes the Beethoven fallacy. Beethoven was disorganized and messy, and yet his music is the epitome of order.

If both parties have a stake in the other, the chances of them killing each other are going to be reduced.

Male chimpanzees have an extraordinarily strong drive for dominance. They're constantly jockeying for position.

You need to indoctrinate empathy out of people in order to arrive at extreme capitalist positions.

People want to work with somebody who feels shame, who worries about the perceptions of others. Dishonesty is something we don't like in others.

Humanity is actually much more cooperative and empathic than [it's] given credit for.