Humans are the most evolved species as evolutionist biologist Theodosiusn Dobzhansky once stated, though the notion has been contested recently after further extensive primal researches being conducted. Findings from the intensive studies on primates such as baboons, chimpanzees and bonobos have proved that they also possess quite a fair share of the intelligent quotient as humans, through being in the capacity to communicate and forge handmade stone tools to make their work easier. Primates are omnivores hence plenty of food is available to feed on and face very little danger from predators, thus they spend minimal time trying to survive. These factors work to stratify the primate societies into classes just like the humans have the lower, middle and upper classes.
Factors such as natural selection take a great toll in shaping a society through aspects such as controlling the population through calamities such as outbreaks and war. ‘Forest Troop’, a group of savanna baboons from Kenya had the population of the agile male adults controlled through deaths causes by a tuberculosis outbreak at a dumpsite (Sapolsky & Robert M. Sapolsky p.1). The dumpsite was frequented by the strong male adults who fought over food remains while the less aggressive of the troop stayed well away from the commotion. The long run population situation still had the hierarchal aspect but had much less aggression and violence was mainly against intruders. This situation transpired to contrast what scientists would have anticipated, in a phenomenon known as ‘selective bottleneck’.
Humans have been facing the same problems in the course of their civilization, as in the instance of war in attempts of emerging the winner, thus acquire a higher hierarchal status. German and Japan spend the first half of the 20th century in war, while Sweden worked to become an icon of nurturing tranquility in the meantime. Humans have established institutions such as marriage and religion to dictate their social life such as need to procreate.
A peaceful world for any species is beyond their level of evolution advancement. Nature takes a great part in modeling the behavior and population of a species such as the savanna baboons.
Works cited.
Sapolsky, R., & Robert M. Sapolsky adapted this article for Can Animals Save Us? t. (2014). Warrior Baboons Give Peace a Chance. YES! Magazine. Retrieved 15 April 2016, from http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/can-animals-save-us/warrior-baboons-give-peace-a-chance
