> It would seem inhuman not to recognize that some of the chimpanzees' behaviors are deeply unpleasant. And is aggression evil? Yes, I think so, at least when it involves physical violence that is inflicting pain. Violence is the opposite of virtue. I think that a major object of human endeavor and societal ambition should be to reduce violence.<p>I find this line rather interesting. I feel like there's a whole ball of wax that can be discussed here regarding human observation and the categorization of behaviors based on our understanding of virtue, right/wrong, and ethics.
<a href="https://kevinbinz.com/2019/02/17/domestication/" rel="nofollow">https://kevinbinz.com/2019/02/17/domestication/</a> - this article points out the "mild neurocristopathy hypothesis" to explain gradual removal of aggression during domestication.<p>"domestication syndrome is a byproduct of changes to the NCC migration pattern" in the development of the neural crest. In this scenario, Seratonin inhibits the Negative Valence System, in turn giving domesticated hominids a longer window of time to collect social information to determine how to apply aggression towards other animals.<p>NCC migration patterns are also suspected to change facial characteristics, part of neural crest development, that are observed in domesticated animals: hair, ears, mouth, teeth, etc.
"DER SPIEGEL: ... in other words, dogs resemble wolf pups, just as we resemble Neanderthals who never reached adulthood?" ... that is a spectacular misunderstanding.