Social Species Research Paper

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Humans are a social species. Throughout evolution, we’ve learned that our greatest chance of survival is with a group. We have a craving to be accepted into society. We are a monkey see monkey do species. Evolution has made us less primative, we think for ourselves. As a species, we have evolved to be self efficient and have our own opinions. This begs the question, should you instinctively be apart of the crowd, or should you take advantage of evolution and be yourself?

Individuality is what makes a person who they are, although nurture over nature is a big factor in a person’s intrests. Every person has the ability to choose their own intrests, but family and outside influences suade their intrests towards things. For example, in an episode

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