Across
- 4. __________ may be better in survival scenarios individually, but humans can outcompete them in large groups due to their unique cooperative abilities.
- 5. Humans can create and believe in __________ stories, which facilitates large-scale cooperation among strangers, something no other animal can do.
- 6. Ultimately, humans inhabit a dual reality, combining objective reality with a powerful layer of fictional __________ that influence the world significantly.
- 7. The key difference between humans and other animals lies not in individual capabilities but in collective __________.
- 8. Human cooperation enables sophisticated networks and achievements, from building pyramids to space travel, relying on collective efforts rather than __________ skills.
Down
- 1. Seventy thousand years ago, early humans were __________ creatures with little impact on the world, similar to jellyfish or fireflies.
- 2. Money is one of the most successful human inventions, functioning as a __________ story that everyone believes in, allowing complex economic interactions.
- 3. Fictional narratives underpin various social systems, including religion, legal rights, and nations, which exist only because people collectively __________ in them.
- 5. Humans can cooperate __________ and in large numbers, unlike other animals that either cooperate rigidly or in small social groups.