Richard Wrangham: Violence, Sex, and Fire in Human Evolution | Lex Fridman Podcast #229
Chimpanzees exhibit spontaneous lethal violence and aggression patterns that differ significantly from human violence in scale and social context
Richard Wrangham
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Richard Wrangham is a biological anthropologist at Harvard University specializing in the evolution of primates and human behavior. His research focuses on the origins of violence, sexuality, cooking, and culture in both apes and humans, with particular expertise in chimpanzee behavior and its implications for understanding human evolution.