Area A: Draft Assertions
A: Morality is an evolved repertoire of cognitive and emotional mechanisms with distinct biological underpinnings, as modified by experience. (23 studies)
B: Morality is not the exclusive domain of Homo sapiens—there is significant cross-species evidence in the scientific literature that animals exhibit "pre-morality" or basic moral behaviors. (9 studies)
C: Morality is a "human universal" across all cultures worldwide, a part of human nature acquired during the evolutionary development of the human species. (20 studies)
D: Statement D: Young children and infants demonstrate some aspects of moral cognition and behavior which precede specific learning experiences and worldview development. (6 studies)
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