# Humans Kill at Rates Rare Among Species by Richard Wrangham > “Compared to chimpanzees, for instance, we kill each other, in particular other adults, at rates so high that they are almost unknown in other species, exceeded by only a very few, such as wolves.” > **— Richard Wrangham**, *Harvard Gazette interview, January 28, 2019* ## Sources and Context - **Original or near-original source and full passage:** [Harvard Gazette interview, January 28, 2019](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/01/author-examines-the-strange-relationship-between-good-and-evil/) — Wrangham discusses unusually high lethal violence alongside comparatively low everyday reactive aggression; this is his comparative assessment. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]] - **Article:** [[articles/Walking the Beautiful Path Through the Greatest Transformation in Human History|Walking the Beautiful Path Through the Greatest Transformation in Human History]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Human Animality|Human Animality]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Richard Wrangham|Richard Wrangham]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Compared to chimpanzees, for instance, we kill each other, in particular other adults, at rates so high that they are almost unknown in other species, exceeded by only a very few, such as wolves.” — Richard Wrangham, Harvard Gazette interview, January 28, 2019 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-richard-wrangham-humans-kill-at-rates-rare-among-species ```