Who is this evolutionary biologist that knows so little about animal behavior that she makes this silly statement?
She knows damn well there are many symbiotic species who live together without preying upon each other and who actively work to defend a species vastly different from themselves. These species are far less related to one another that one human is from another.
Where is she getting the numbers to support the contention that; "No other animal routinely bothers to help the sick and the dying, or tries to save those hurt in an earthquake or flood."?
Can she show me that a higher percentage of the human population does this than do dogs? Can she break it down to dogs trained to do so vs. those not trained to do so?
Comparing and making moral judgements concerning the behaviors of different species in different environments is just silly. This certainly doesn't make me want to read her book "Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation". Too bad, I was considering it after reading about her controversial decision to support the planned extinction of the Anopheles and Aedes mosquitos.
John Thornton