Terrorism and Science
While it seems no species can match the human capacity for mass murder, our violent streak clearly is rooted in the well-documented killer habits of our primate cousins.
Rhesus monkeys like to bite one another. Baboons mercilessly torture weaklings of the troop. Chimpanzees roam the edges of community territory, ganging up on stray neighbors with what seems murderous intent.
There is clearly a survival advantage in the capacity to fend off attack, enforce social status or dissuade potential enemies. But evidence suggests that for a species to survive there must also be mechanisms to stop violence once it gets under way.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/09/24/MN89032.DTL&type=science
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