Importance in quest for origin of human sociality

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  • 人間性の起源を探求する重要性
  • ニンゲンセイ ノ キゲン オ タンキュウ スル ジュウヨウセイ

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Biological anthropology and primatology provide us an important insight for origin of human sociality. The lack of this knowledge may lead to misunderstanding of human nature. For example, the hunting hypothesis has led us to wrong perspectives on the origin of warfare in the past. The high abilities of empathy and sympathy in humans have possibly evolved with communal breeding under high predation pressure, and resulted in the formation of human family. A comparison of life history traits in modern humans, such as age at weaning, age at first parturition, inter-birth interval, andpost-reproductive life span, with great apes (orangutans, gorillas and chimpanzees) indicates life history strategy (high fecundity and slow maturation) unique to humans. These recent anthropological knowledge should be used in high schools for education of teenagers who are expected to join adult societies after graduation.

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