Survival of the Friendliest: Understanding Our Origins and Rediscovering Our Common Humanity

Bryan Hair, an anthropologist and PhD, concluded that friendliness is the most profitable survival strategy. This mechanism helped Homo sapiens thrive, made wolves learn to love people, and enabled bonobos to create a paradise. However, this ability to be friendly has a downside: humans are capable of cruelty toward those they don’t consider their friends. In his book, Hair explains how these mechanisms formed within us and how they affected our history.