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We need to look no further than the evening news these days to see harsh examples of conflict. Somehow, people forgot—or never even learned—how to address differences in constructive (not to mention ...

But Gould’s idea applies to individuals, not nations. Hierarchical relationships are less likely to erupt into conflict. Examples include formal hierarchies: Militaries, organized tournaments in ...

Human conflict, from minor disruptions to the all-too frequent escalation of war, stretches people and the environment to its limits. At the same time, microorganisms create an equally devastating—but ...

In his fascinating 2019 book Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society, the Yale sociologist and physician Nicholas Christakis describes research led by the evolutionary biologist Jessica ...