Hard-wired for friendship?

The More Social Sex, an article in Newsweek written by Anna Kuchment, suggests that our female friendships are evolutionary. In times of famine and war---while men were hunting and defending---women stayed back, providing each other with material and emotional support.

It made me wonder: As more women have entered the workplace, have some of us lost touch with our inner selves? Have we become more acquisitive and competitive at the expense of fulfilling instinctive social needs?...

It’s tough to balance work, home and relationships---and the more engaging our jobs, the more consuming they tend to become. Perhaps, that’s why women haven transformed the workplace into another fertile ground to develop and nurture new female friendships. I’ve formed many of my longest and closest friendships with women I have met at and through work.

What has been your experience?