Why “survival of the fittest” is wrong

• Frans de Waal has studied the behavior of primates for five decades. Some of his many important observations center around the evolution of morality and just how much we have in common with the animal kingdom.
• The idea that animals are always in conflict with one another and competing for resources is "totally wrong," de Waal says.
• Other primates, specifically chimpanzees and bonobos, have demonstrated a range of traits and tendencies typically regarded as human, including empathy, friendship, reconciliation, altruism, and even adoption.