<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Primate societies remind us that posture,... > Primate societies remind us that posture, alliance, deference, challenge, and reconciliation are older than our institutions. Human civilization does not erase those signals; it surrounds them with language, law, norms, and conscience. Comportment is one way an ancient rank-sensitive nervous system learns to participate in a dignified public order. **Source:** [[livestreams/The Human Being as Opportunity — Institutions, Human Capital, and Reclaiming the Self - Workbook|The Human Being as Opportunity — Institutions, Human Capital, and Reclaiming the Self]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Primate societies remind us that posture, alliance, deference, challenge, and reconciliation are older than our institutions. Human civilization does not erase those signals; it surrounds them with language, law, norms, and conscience. Comportment is one way an ancient rank-sensitive nervous system learns to participate in a dignified public order.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-primate-societies-remind-dignified-public-order ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->