MARC BEKOFF: A recent paper published in Scientific Reports by Aurélien Miralles, Michel Raymond & Guillaume Lecointre called “Empathy and compassion toward other species decrease with evolutionary divergence time”… provides a detailed evolutionary (ultimate) explanation… why we view different animals differently and make inconsistent choices about how we interact with them and use them. For … Continue reading STUDY: Why Do We Feel Compassion and Empathy For Specific Animals?