By Jason McManus /UC Berkeley news
The world's incredible outpouring of help to the people of Haiti raises the question: are we evolving to become more compassionate and collaborative in our quest to survive and thrive? A research team at the University of California, Berkeley, says "yes."
They are challenging long-held beliefs that human beings are wired to be selfish. In a wide range of studies, social scientists are amassing a growing body of evidence to show we are evolving to become more compassionate and collaborative in our quest to survive and thrive.
The researchers have found compelling evidence that people who are more empathetic possess a particular variation of the oxytocin receptor gene.
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