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i_have_to_speaklast Friday at 1:15 PM5 repliesview on HN

Are homo sapiens the only species that organizes themselves into tribes and work towards the destruction of other tribes of same species?


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delectilast Friday at 2:05 PM

Not even close. Territorial disputes are incredibly common in nature. Humans are relatively rare in that we're capable of understanding that depriving competitors of resources will eventually lead to their deaths, but that is the ultimate result of winning a territory dispute in nature too.

rementlast Friday at 1:19 PM

No, Chimpanzees also have tribes and fight over territory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gombe_Chimpanzee_War

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Simulacralast Friday at 1:18 PM

Weaver ants

raffael_delast Friday at 1:16 PM

That is how some people make a lot of money.

dudullast Friday at 11:55 PM

No, this is a very common behavior in the animal kingdom...