Michael Wilson - Human Evolution & Warfare

There have been 230+ conflicts since "The War to End All Wars" ended a century ago. Is war in our nature? Evolutionary Biologist Dr. Michael Wilson shares insights learned from chimpanzees & bonobos, humanity's closest evolutionary relatives. With conflicts raging in Gaza and Ukraine and rising tensions in the Taiwan Strait, it may cause you to ask "why are we still fighting?" Back in 2015, Dr. Wilson delivered a presentation entitled, "Understanding Warfare: An Evolutionary Approach" in conjunction with a Peabody Museum exhibition on warfare to discuss how his research into the behavior and ecology of primates may help us gain insights into the evolution of human behavior. Dr. Michael Wilson is an Evolutionary Biologist who studies the behavior and ecology of primates to gain insights into the evolution of human behavior. Born in Minnesota, he studied at the University of Chicago, Cambridge University, and Harvard before returning to Minnesota for post-doctoral research. Michael is currently a Professor at the University of Minnesotain the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior. He has studied baboons in Kenya and chimpanzees in Uganda and Tanzania, including three years as Field Director of the Jane Goodall Institute’s Gombe Stream Research Centre in Tanzania. LINKS & RESOURCES: Monkey Business: Michael L. Wilson’s Blog https://blog.michael-lawrence-wilson.com/ Michael Wilson, University of Minnesota Faculty Page https://cbs.umn.edu/directory/michael-wilson Understanding Warfare: An Evolutionary Approach https://peabody.harvard.edu/video-understanding-warfare-evolutionary-approach Chimpanzees and the Post-war Dream | Michael Wilson | TEDxUMN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko0ilVUtKVg List Of All Wars Since 1900 https://www.war-memorial.net/wars_all.asp