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Survival of the Friendliest
This episode reveals how our unique capacity for cooperation and social connection, often mistaken for weakness, is actually the evolutionary engine behind humanity's greatest achievements.
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“This episode reveals how our unique capacity for cooperation and social connection, often mistaken for weakness, is actually the evolutionary engine behind humanity's greatest achievements.”
— Brian Hare | Vanessa Wood, Survival of the Friendliest
Human Evolution, Cooperation, Social Intelligence, Self-Domestication
If you've ever questioned the true drivers of human success, this will reframe your understanding of our species' most fundamental evolutionary advantage, and this will help you see what to do next.
Brian Hare, a leading expert in cognitive science and evolutionary anthropology, draws on decades of research into animal behavior and human origins to reveal the surprising evolutionary forces that shaped our unique social intelligence.