It's difficult to build anything if people keep knocking it over.
"One last piece I've struggled with is isolation. Hardwiring tells you to be around people, the reaction to isolation is one of the more violent ones where the mind literally rips itself apart. Clear and cut being away and alone back then meant certain death.
All of this hard-wiring has been proven to exist, just look at the actions of others and you'll realize even though we aren't in those times it still dictates how we live our lives."
Isolation can be devastating for a mind that has no understanding of it's self. When the mind achieves a new clarity, isolation becomes a type of sanctuary. How someone chooses to live there lives is based upon there will and desire to exist, wether it means avoiding death or creating it.
"Sorry but I totally disagree. I read of a recent study (will try and find the source), which did tests on the remains of prehistoric humans and found that upwards of 20% died through acts of violence (smashed in skulls and so on) almost certainly perpetrated by other humans."
And through that Darwin's Law continued to thrive. It's only times like now that it's been made into something a little less obvious.
Also notice how your data there is about prehistoric humans instead of the current ones. As time went on and those with ideal traits continued to procreate, we went away from that being nearly as common. While it's not impossible for a human being to kill another human being, there's some definite barriers there that make it harder than squashing bugs.
"Humans have been killing each other since the beginning of time with no thought whatsoever to the survival of humanity as a species, just like chimpanzees don't worry about the future of their kind when they slaughter each other over fruit trees or whatever they eat."
It's purpose is for culling the weak so that the strong may survive, even if the means are done for reasons believed to be for the ego, self-defense, etc. They find ways of justifying it, but in order to fight other human beings they typically have to demonize them, make them appear less than human, not seem like one of their own. Propaganda shows that in spades for all manners of war time brainwashing, often referring to other sides as some form of barbarian.
"The examples you mentioned are helpful to the individual who has those instincts, but doesn't mean he is going to protect others from the spider or whatever he's afraid of."
They will if there's a profit to be made or a boon to be acquired from it, assuming it's not just that they're doing it for their own individual reasons while others coincidentally benefit from it.
The human race is hardwired to survive, not as individuals but as a species.
Sorry but I totally disagree. I read of a recent study (will try and find the source), which did tests on the remains of prehistoric humans and found that upwards of 20% died through acts of violence (smashed in skulls and so on) almost certainly perpetrated by other humans. Humans have been killing each other since the beginning of time with no thought whatsoever to the survival of humanity as a species, just like chimpanzees don't worry about the future of their kind when they slaughter each other over fruit trees or whatever they eat.
The examples you mentioned are helpful to the individual who has those instincts, but doesn't mean he is going to protect others from the spider or whatever he's afraid of. Stuff like finding babies cute is to make you want to pass on your genes and protect them. It would go against that instinct to kill your offspring or someone who you depended on for survival, perhaps another member of your group. But if you are a total stranger who I need nothing from, like a member of another group, for much of human history it would have been totally ok for me to kill you. The taboo against murdering any other human is purely cultural.