Tuesday, September 15, 2026, 9:50 AM - 10:15 AM
Older Than Language: The Evolutionary Key to Social Strategy

In Conversation with Viral Nation

Social media is in constant evolution, but human nature hasn't changed in millions of years. Every behavior we associate with these platforms: the obsession with faces, desire for connection and the need to feel seen - was present in primates millions of years before us. And rather than inventing these behaviors, social platforms simply gave our oldest human desires a powerful digital amplifier.

Join us as we challenge marketers to stop treating social media as technology alone and begin viewing it as an extension of human instinct. By exploring the evolutionary biology behind the way we connect, compete, and communicate, we’ll reveal how a deeper understanding of these instinctive behaviors can help guide marketing forward.