Evolutio Quotes

“By placing people in brain scanners and asking them to resolve moral dilemmas, experts have discovered that such dilemmas activate ancient emotional centers deeply embedded in the brain. Instead of being a surface phenomenon in our expanded neocortex, moral decision-making apparently taps into millions of years of social evolution.”
― Frans de Waal, Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are