<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Primate life teaches that cooperation and... > Primate life teaches that cooperation and aggression are social strategies shaped by rank, coalition, kinship, reciprocity, competition, and context. Continuity with other primates should enlarge human self-recognition without being turned into biological destiny or a moral excuse. **Source:** [[livestreams/The Nature of Violence — Media Systems, Constructed Reality, and Human Connection - Workbook|The Nature of Violence — Media Systems, Constructed Reality, and Human Connection]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Primate life teaches that cooperation and aggression are social strategies shaped by rank, coalition, kinship, reciprocity, competition, and context. Continuity with other primates should enlarge human self-recognition without being turned into biological destiny or a moral excuse.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-primate-life-teaches-destiny-moral-excuse ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->