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First we shape our social graph; then it shapes us.

You might have heard the adage that you’re the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with. This article digs into that idea. “If you measure two-and-a-half-year-old children against [same-aged] chimpanzees and orangutans, they are about even […]

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An eerie example of us vs them

On the set of Planet of the Apes, human nature took over during lunch break. “Charlton Heston noted ‘an instinctive segregation on the set. Not only would the apes eat together, but the chimpanzees ate with the chimpanzees, the gorillas […]