Evolutionary psychologists believe that the brain, like the body, is a product of natural selection. Our minds can be thought of as a kind of patchwork quilt of successful solutions to the challenges faced by our ancestors over millions of years. VHS 57 min. By nature, humans are a social species. Our brains are wired from birth with programs that were crucial to our distant ancestors.
Infants come equipped with a basic repertoire of social skills.
And yet, as history has shown, there is a dark side to the human brain. The evidence is overwhelming that throughout our histsory as a species, relations between individuals and societies have been destructive as well as positive. We need to 'tune' our psychology, to figure out how to turn up the volume on ancient instincts like cooperation and turn down the volume on instincts like organized aggression. VHS 57 min. We tell stories to feel at home in the Universe.