Animals Quote by Benjamin Kilham

“Aggression in bears can be and often is a stepping stone to friendship. Friendship and alliances frequently develop by repeated interactions, with initial aggression…

— Benjamin Kilham

The human animal has evolved as a preeminently social animal.

— Leon Kass

“Hare and Tomasello think that the social behavior of chimps is constrained by their temperament, and the human temperament is necessary for more complex…

— Michael S. Gazzaniga

Our species likes being social.

— John Cho

“Bears, it turns out, are a lot like humans. They form alliances with strangers, they make calculations about relative costs and benefits, they lay…

— Benjamin Kilham

“The most fundamental, a major shift from the ape brand of sociality, was the human nuclear family, which gave all males a chance at…

— Nicholas Wade

Bears are simultaneously so graceful and so strong. Bears know who they are, but they often don’t know who you are, which is why…

— Mike Birbiglia

“human beings are inherently social and trusting animals.”

— Dan Ariely

The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear a constant relationship.

— Herbert Spencer

The evolutionary struggle for survival is really a self-serving series of blows and stabs, and yet it can lead to extremely social animals like…

— Frans de Waal

“Humans have evolved to their relatively high state by retaining the immature characteristics of their ancestors. Humans are the most advanced of mammals –…

— Tom Robbins