The Origin of War: The Evolution of a Male-coalitional Reproductive Strategy, Volume 1 |
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... brain lesions in specific locations thus has it that the mind is wired in great detail . This restoration of the localizing or faculty theory of the brain , which had been swept aside by behaviorism , is further buttressed by lessons ...
... brain lesions in specific locations thus has it that the mind is wired in great detail . This restoration of the localizing or faculty theory of the brain , which had been swept aside by behaviorism , is further buttressed by lessons ...
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... brain a general purpose processor or does it possess domain - specific mechanisms ( i.e. , modularity ) ? If the brain is set up as a general purpose processor , it can work just as well in all kinds of environments , ancestral as well ...
... brain a general purpose processor or does it possess domain - specific mechanisms ( i.e. , modularity ) ? If the brain is set up as a general purpose processor , it can work just as well in all kinds of environments , ancestral as well ...
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... Brain Evolution and Warfare The idea that warfare influenced human brain evolution was proposed by Darwin ( if not before ) and again by Keith ( 1947 ) . They meant , however , warfare in historical times and saw the effects of warfare ...
... Brain Evolution and Warfare The idea that warfare influenced human brain evolution was proposed by Darwin ( if not before ) and again by Keith ( 1947 ) . They meant , however , warfare in historical times and saw the effects of warfare ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Nonhuman Intergroup Agonistic Behavior and Warfare | 3 |
The Adaptive Rationale | 7 |
Copyright | |
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adaptive agonistic behavior animals attack battle belligerence benefits biological cannibalism causes Chagnon chimpanzees civilization coalitions combat competition complex concept conspecifics contest cooperation correlation costs cultural evolution Darwin defense Dennen E.O. Wilson ecological economic enemy escalation evidence evolutionary evolved existence explain females feud fighting function genes genetic group selection hawk hominid hostility human hunter-gatherers hunting hypothesis inclusive fitness increase individual injury instinct interactions intergroup aggression intergroup conflict involved J.L. Brown killing kin selection kinship less lethal males mates matrilocal Maynard Smith military motives natural selection occur organization Otterbein patterns peace polygyny population predators primate primitive societies primitive warfare Q.Wright races raiding reproductive success result revenge ritual sapiens sexual selection social Social Darwinism sociobiology sociocultural evolution species strategy struggle survival tactics territorial theory Tooby tribal tribes Turney-High variables violence warlike warriors wars weapons women Yanomamö