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When humans behave murderously, such as inflicting senseless slaughter of innocents in warfare, we like to blame it on some dark, 'animalistic' instinct.
Frans de Waal
Frans de Waal
Frans de Waal
Born: Oct 29, 1948

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Blame, Dark, Innocents, Some, Animalistic, Instinct, Like, Behave, Senseless, Warfare, Slaughter, Humans

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