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Crunchy Frog

(26,698 posts)

3. Yes.

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #1)

Thu Nov 16, 2017, 06:14 PM

Nov 2017

There's very little that we're actually "hardwired" to do, as opposed to having tendencies.

You might be interested in some of the works of primatologist Frans deWaal.

Also check out "baboon troop changes its culture" on Google.

Primates are behaviorally flexible, humans likely even more than others.

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