When Did Humans First Become Cruel?

What is the darkest thing humans do? In the wild, violence is just a tool for survival. But only humans will cause pain on purpose, just to watch someone else suffer. When did this begin? We often think of ancient humans as brutal and savage, but the fossil record tells a completely different, much stranger story. From a 430,000-year-old skull in a Spanish cave to a shocking discovery at a 10,000-year-old lagoon in Kenya, we track down the exact moment in history when humans stopped fighting to survive, and started being cruel. But the mystery goes deeper. The exact same brain power required to torture someone is the exact same brain power required to heal them. Explore the strange origins of human cruelty, fear, empathy, and what actually changed in the human mind when we first settled down. #humanbehavior #ancienthistory #psychology #unseenus