Humanity is facing a wide variety of “inconvenient truths.” Al Gore, the Copenhagen summit and the concept of an “economy of low-carbon” has become one of them in a very topical issue. Other examples include the global overpopulation, the destruction of the ozone layer, pollution of the marine food chain, the biodiversity crisis, weapons of mass destruction and the dramatic increase in incidences of many diseases. All of these uncomfortable truths may be considered secondary after addressing the question of who is responsible for the current dilemmas. The “Homo predator”-type of Homo currently dominates all living creatures on the planet Earth is endowed with incredible potential of aggressiveness and is undoubtedly responsible for the many threats facing our species during the third millennium: this is the Main Inconvenient Truth. Genesis of Homo predator The basic question, therefore, have to do with the genesis of the main features of Homo predator. It is likely that genetic factors are important, since the potential for aggression in our closest relatives, Pan troglodytes (common chimpanzee), is well documented: these cousins our taking part in wars and rape has been observed that humans and chimpanzees are the only species that kill their fellow deliberately, with premeditation. However, from a practical point of view and to devise a hypothetical change to a renewed humanity, able to live peacefully and sustainably, we must consider the possible epigenetic factors reinforce these human traits. To investigate such epigenetic factors, we must first refer to the moment when our ancestors began to domesticate other living beings. At that time human groups adapted their strategies for survival with the onset of agriculture and livestock. The construction of towns and cities provided a new dimension to the concept of territory. Reasons emerged renovated to territorial and economic conflicts. Since then, the strategy of survival of human groups has been based on domination of nature and the domination-even elimination, of other human groups. It’s easy to understand that for thousands of years, successful human groups have been those that have been transmitted from one generation to the beliefs and rituals that amplify the human potential for aggression. The domination of nature and other human groups have implied the ability to destroy life and therefore influences the development of the capacity to love. In 2010 we have some clues to the time when environmental factors appear to influence the development of the main features of Homo predator. At the same time that concepts such as gene expression, gene silencing and epigenetic modulation most commonly appear in scientific literature, we are learning to ask new questions about the genesis of pathological conditions and personality traits.

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