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The theory that settlement helped protect old people whom humans are disposed to care for; Jiang treats it as valid but less persuasive than religion.
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Respect for elders theory
The theory that settlement helped protect old people whom humans are disposed to care for; Jiang treats it as valid but less persuasive than religion.
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"...fortifications build walls and fight each other Okay, that's the second theory. And again the evidence for this are chimpanzees. The third theory is..."
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"...at respect for elders. And even though this is a valid theory, there's an argument that back then they didn't really care about dying..."
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