Meerkats: The most murderous mammal – But They Are So Cute

Meerkats are the most murderous mammal, according to new evolutionary research — Quartz

It’s likely that primates are especially violent because we are both territorial and social—two factors that respectively provide motive and opportunity for murder. So it goes for humans. As we moved from small bands to medium-sized tribes to large chiefdoms, our rates of lethal violence increased.

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