Talk:Loneliness/Comments

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It seems to me that a section should be added to this article that adresses lonliness from an evolutionary point of view. Something to the effect: In the past humans were best able to survive by joining together in groups. Those who possesed dna that influenced them to desire to gather in groups had a greater chance of survival, and in turn, a greater chance of having children who possesed similar dna. Over many generations this trait was selected and now, in the present day, almost everyone has a desire to seek human companionship. Of course, this is only half of the story. I would guess that the rest would be concerned with modern lifestyles and the fact that we are no longer dependant on a group for survival, but we still retain the gentetic need for human companionship, which of course manifests itself as "lonliness". Evolutionary ethics has produced much on the subject of group selection, and I'm sure that this topis has been dealt with elsewhere.