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From The Times:

WHAT DOES science teach us about war?

…when different group identities exist, war is the default position. Nature is unkind, so we primates have evolved to be highly suspicious of anything different, and our suspicions will spill over into the instinctive killing of strangers. War is endemic amongst tribal peoples, and Charles Darwin reported that “the tribes inhabiting adjacent districts are almost always at war with each other”.

…The lesson of science is that a heterogeneous society aspiring to internal peace must follow the melting pot and induct all children into a common culture. That may involve flag worship and other embarrassing ceremonies, but the celebration of diversity may be, biologically, a mistake.”