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Survival of the Friendliest by Brian Hare and Vanessa Wood - Book Summary
“Why Friendliness, Not Ferocity, Won the Evolutionary Game”
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Title: Survival of the Friendliest
Author: Brian Hare and Vanessa Wood
Category: Culture & Society, Science & Discovery
What if the thing that actually kept our species alive wasn't aggression, but friendliness? Sam and Sophie open Survival of the Friendliest with that question, and it reframes the whole story of evolution.
They walk through Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods' central argument…
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