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Located in the brain’s “mirror neurons” is the physiological mechanism for social interaction. Parts of our brains become active when we see something in motion, for example. ‘It seems we are not just observers of the social scene but that we automatically share the experiences and emotions of the people we are observing.’ That [...]

It is but logical to think that man’s evolutionary history has given rise to a definitive evolutionary form of social behavior. According to Samuel Bowles of the Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico, the aspect of altruism may have likewise sprung from the eons of tribal warfare as the concept and act of personal sacrifice has become a determinant of [...]