In all mammalian species that have so far been carefully studied, the rate at which their members engage in the killing of conspecifics is several thousand times greater than the highest homicide rate in any American city.


citing the research of George Williams from "Huxley's Evolution and Ethics in Sociobiological Perspective" in Zygon (v.23/88) - Darwin's Dangerous Idea (1995)

Daniel Dennett Quotes

In all mammalian species that have so far been carefully studied, the rate at which their members engage in the killing of conspecifics is several...

In all mammalian species that have so far been carefully studied, the rate at which their members engage in the killing of conspecifics is several...

In all mammalian species that have so far been carefully studied, the rate at which their members engage in the killing of conspecifics is several...

In all mammalian species that have so far been carefully studied, the rate at which their members engage in the killing of conspecifics is several...