I feel bad for the people who lived 6001 years ago. Haha.

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[–][deleted] 6 insightful - 4 fun6 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

Those cold bastards.

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Emotional "influence" people sensing each other causes : Touch > Smell > See > Hear : imho.

Quite reasonable, simply considering the range of those senses.

[–]jet199 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (6 children)

Chimps hug, right?

That's literally how ape babies hang on to their mothers.

[–]IndianaJones[S] 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

If I asked to hang onto you, would you say yes?

[–]LarrySwinger2 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (3 children)

I'm sure that her female dating strategy includes selecting men who mimic apes.

[–]jet199 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

Humans are apes.

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Some are. I can agree exactly as far as that.

But there are higher-order functions never seen executed by a mean ape's brain.

Like translating languages or defining words for certain things only existing in imagination.

[–]IndianaJones[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

good strategy

[–]IndianaJones[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

oo oo aa aa i am a monkey

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I believe it's instinctual. As mentioned, animals hug, and not just chimps. We see all sorts of animals embracing each other.

[–]IndianaJones[S] 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Lucky animals.....

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Maybe you should get a pet.

[–]LarrySwinger2 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Do muskrats hug?

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Indeed.

[–]LarrySwinger2 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Nice selfie! On the Internet, nobody knows you're a muskrat. (Unless you tell people in your username, I suppose.)

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Muskrats are rodents. As we all developed from. Considering how rodents have survived underground in clans 65 million years ago when this small pebble hit earth: I believe it ain't surprising that they developed a social behavior containing altruistic traits (without direct self-interest).

Beyond breeding care most birds do.

Rodents were so successful in conquering ecosystems that till to today the only flying mammals still are rodents, basically.

Just look how big the societies are some kinds of bats tend to form.

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

Lip hugs are the best.

[–]IndianaJones[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Fact! Finally, someone who gets it!!

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

I used to get them all the time from many ladies, often at the same time.

[–]iamonlyoneman 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

TIL hugs are exactly as old as the world