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Culture explains a lot (but not all) of what and why we do what we do. We can see how kindness is promoted across cultures:
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Human beings are social animals, so they do a lot to take care of those close around them. For the vast majority of our history as a species, we lived in tight-knit groups, and we evolved wanting to help those around us. Those with the AVPR-1 gene more likely to ...
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At a biological level, we are attracted to those individuals whose traits suggest to us they are likely to have good genes, hence provide healthy offspring.
A peacock’s tail is a good example: by getting it to grow larger, it signifies its ...
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While natural selection may make us believe that selfish creatures may be favored, reality shows us it's quite the opposite. Bees protect their hives with their own lives, as do mother birds to defend their nests. And we, humans, among all, are the ones who collaborate
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A study has shown that those spending money on others - even strangers - reported feeling happier than those spending it on themselves.
Most animals help those closely related - a process named kinship selection - but humans seem to be different, extending ...
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