New Study Shows High Correlation Between Earliest Human-Like Species and Modern Conservative Views
Researchers discover all modern liberal and conservative voters evolved from just two ancient ancestors
Recent research by the University of Cornwall suggests humans evolved from two different ancestors, which developed very different ways of dealing with their environments and each other.
Trey Robbins, the study’s lead at U of C, noted it’s generally accepted that homo erectus is linked to all modern humans, as it walked upright and could use tools and fire to cook. However, he said there’s an early version of erectus referred to as homo ergaster, with less developed brains.
While we generally regard modern human liberals and conservatives as having one common lineage, examining political biases and brain size suggests humans actually share two distinct ancestors, said Robbins.
“This is an exciting breakthrough in palaeontology research,” he said excitedly during a phone interview in Zurich. “This explains some of the fundamental differences in how humans view the world, and how they regard others see it differently.”
