Bonobo evidence suggests ancient origin of the 'common enemy effect'

In the face of threats from other groups, humans, chimpanzees, and a selection of other species get closer to their own. Now an international team led by Kyoto University has shown that even our more peaceful cousins, bonobos—who have never been observed to kill outsiders—show a moderated version of this effect, hinting that this behavior may have emerged several million years ago, before our lineages went their separate ways.

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A quotation from Russell, Bertrand:

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Instinctively we divide mankind into friends and foes — friends, towards whom we have the morality of co-operation; foes, towards whom we have that of competition. But this division is constantly changing; at one moment a man hates his business competitor, at an…
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/russell-bertrand/71301/

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Our efforts seem to be paying off. They are getting shrill and are having to revive #racist old #YellowPeril tropes, to give us a #commonEnemy so we will slave away and sacrifice ourselves for the #neoFeudalists.

Its of vital importance that we remain polite, courteous and nonViolent at all times while we help others #GetNEOed.