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The Cooperative Instinct That Saved Humanity

本站:Apr 17, 2026原文:Mar 16, 2026

hěn很duō多rén人jué de觉得，rén lèi人类lì shǐ历史jiù shì就是zhàn zhēng战争hé和chōng tū冲突de的lì shǐ历史，hǎo xiàng好像bào lì暴力zuì最zhòng yào重要。

Many people think human history is just a history of war and conflict, as if violence were the most important thing.

kě shì可是，rú guǒ如果rén lèi人类zhǐ只huì会dǎ jià打架，wǒ men我们hěn很nán难zài在hěn很zǎo早yǐ qián以前huó活xià lái下来。

But if humans only knew how to fight, it would have been hard for us to survive in the very early days.

nà那shí hòu时候，rén men人们yào要miàn duì面对jī è饥饿、hán lěng寒冷、jí bìng疾病hé和yě shòu野兽。

At that time, people had to face hunger, cold, disease, and wild animals.

zhēn zhèng真正bāng zhù帮助rén lèi人类shēng cún生存xià lái下来de的zhòng yào重要lì liàng力量，qí shí其实shì是hé zuò合作。

The real force that helped humans survive was cooperation.

hěn很jiǔ久yǐ qián以前，rén men人们zhù住zài在xiǎo小qún tǐ群体lǐ里，yì qǐ一起zhǎo找shí wù食物，yì qǐ一起zhào gù照顾hái zi孩子hé和bìng rén病人，yě也huì会fēn xiǎng分享yǒu yòng有用de的jīng yàn经验。

A long time ago, people lived in small groups. They looked for food together, cared for children and sick people together, and shared useful experience.

yǔ yán语言de的fā zhǎn发展yě也hé和hé zuò合作yǒu guān有关，rén men人们yòng用yǔ yán语言tí xǐng提醒wēi xiǎn危险、jiāo liú交流bàn fǎ办法、chuán xià传下zhī shí知识。

The development of language was also related to cooperation. People used language to warn about danger, exchange ideas, and pass on knowledge.

hòu lái后来，hé zuò合作ràng让bù luò部落biàn chéng变成cūn zhuāng村庄，ràng让cūn zhuāng村庄biàn chéng变成chéng shì城市，yě也ràng让jīn tiān今天de的shè huì社会kě yǐ可以zhèng cháng正常yùn zhuàn运转。

Later, cooperation turned tribes into villages, villages into cities, and also made today’s society able to function normally.

yī yuàn医院、kē xué yán jiū科学研究、jiù zāi救灾hé和yùn shū运输，dōu都xū yào需要hěn很duō多rén人yì qǐ一起nǔ lì努力。

Hospitals, scientific research, disaster relief, and transportation all require many people to work together.

suī rán虽然rén lèi人类yǒu shí有时huì会yīn wèi因为“wǒ men我们”hé和“tā men他们”de的xiǎng fǎ想法fā shēng发生chōng tū冲突，dàn但hé zuò合作yì zhí一直shì是shè huì社会fā zhǎn发展de的jī chǔ基础。

Although humans sometimes have conflicts because of the ideas of “us” and “them,” cooperation has always been the foundation of social development.

kě yǐ可以shuō说，rén lèi人类bú shì不是yīn wèi因为zuì最qiáng dà强大cái才huó活xià lái下来，ér shì而是yīn wèi因为rén men人们yuàn yì愿意hù xiāng互相bāng zhù帮助、yì qǐ一起miàn duì面对kùn nán困难。

It can be said that humans survived not because they were the strongest, but because people were willing to help one another and face difficulties together.

Source:The Instinct that Saved our Species

By Mauricio Herrera Kahn / Pressenza|CC BY 4.0|Modified & AI-assisted

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