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Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence QUOTES

Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence QUOTES

1 " Reason generates the list of possibilities. Emotion chooses from that list. "

― Richard W. Wrangham , Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence

2 " Animal behavior is not purely emotional. Nor is human decision-making purely rational. "

― Richard W. Wrangham , Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence

3 " ...our essential process for making a decision still relies on emotion. "

― Richard W. Wrangham , Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence

4 " We get into fights or lust for imperial dominion over another nation for reasons of pride. "

― Richard W. Wrangham , Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence

5 " Pride, ideology, or belief restrains many people from viewing Homo Sapiens as just another primate species, one among many. "

― Richard W. Wrangham , Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence

6 " Males have evolved to possess strong appetites for power because with extraordinary power males can achieve extraordinary reproduction. "

― Richard W. Wrangham , Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence

7 " Women's evolved strategic responses to male demonism have included countermeasures and defiance, but they also included collaboration. That is to say, while men have evolved to be demonic males, it seems likely that women have evolved to prefer demonic males (or imitation demonic males) as mates. "

― Richard W. Wrangham , Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence

8 " The problem in both human and ape history is that political power is built on physical power - and physical power is ultimately the power of violence or its threat. "

― Richard W. Wrangham , Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence

9 " ...those who have political power can count on someone coming to their aid - the police or the military or the mob or the family, or the royal guard. "

― Richard W. Wrangham , Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence

10 " We should accept the likelihood that male violence and male dominance over women have long been a part of our history. But with an evolutionary perspective we can firmly reject the pessimists who say it has to stay that way. Male demonism is not inevitable. "

― Richard W. Wrangham , Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence

11 " That great human brain is nature's most frightening product.
But it is simultaneously nature's best, most hopeful gift. If we are cursed with a demonic male temperament and a Machiavellian capacity to express it, we are also blessed with an intelligence that can, through the acquisition of wisdom, draw us away from the 5-million-year stain of our ape past. Intelligence is something we are familiar with, an old book, and old friend. "

― Richard W. Wrangham , Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence

12 " The only way to find out whether sexual selection has shaped human males for aggression is to leave the theory and go back to the evidence. There are two places to look for an answer. We can look at our bodies, and we can think about our minds. The easier part is our bodies. "

― Richard W. Wrangham , Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence