>them or emulate them in any spiritual or emotional way. I resist the
>temptation to deify my ancestors, especially those distant primitive
>ancestors. I think they were for the most part savage unsophisticated brutes
>who beat their women and killed their enemies for little reason.
>
>Evolution is about
>survival of the fittest, which does not often mean survival of the most
>pure at heart.

It doesn't mean either survival of the meanest like you seem to suggest
specially when we know how cooperation inside a tribe and between tribes are
at  the basis of the survival of the  human species.
War might contribuate to this survival by regulating populations but was not
a daily activity and might be a mean to tighten the group together
,reinforcing the needed cooperation inside the group .

jean-claude