Not only that, but it has been bred into our very nature by that evolutionary success.
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But our murderous nature has also been bred out of us whenever we completely conquered an area and had to get along. Which is precisely why historical injustice seems so upsetting to most of us.
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I like it. (Also there’s a lot of great stuff you’re missing)
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Rape, murder, genocide and cannibalism are standard primate behavior (as are empathy and compassion). What makes us special are grammatical language and our ability to serve shared systems of meaning, i.e. the capabilities for deep prosociality. And much more efficient genocide.
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That is not entirely true. Social skills are important, the ability to form bonds with other people, gather and motivate supporters and friends. The most ruthless dictator is weak when alone, even among other primates. Gorillas gang up on stronger silverbacks who have no friends.
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That is not a contraction. Our main evolutionary adaptations were prosocial, so we could form large cohesive groups. However, most hominids that ever lived don't have any living descendants, and that was in no small part the result of the activities of our ancestors.
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It is not quite so dire. Within a cooperative group, rape and war are no longer viable strategies, and once everything is conquered or we have mutually assured destruction, only cooperative groups are left. But I do respect antinatalism as a position to eliminate suffering.
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The most quickly explicable logical flaw in your argument: assuming we're "all" descended from the most prolific rapists means we're also descended in equal measure from their victims, presumably much less violent people.
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Oh, definitely, the rapists were mostly male. For significant periods of human history, for every 10 women that had children only one or two men did. That also suggests considerable intra male violence.
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