The Origin of War: The Evolution of a Male-coalitional Reproductive Strategy, Volume 1 |
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... force , in pursuit of a tribal or national policy ” . Similarly , Otterbein ( 1970 ) defines war as " armed combat between political communities " whereby a political community is understood to be a “ a group of people whose membership ...
... force , in pursuit of a tribal or national policy ” . Similarly , Otterbein ( 1970 ) defines war as " armed combat between political communities " whereby a political community is understood to be a “ a group of people whose membership ...
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... force alone were large tribes welded into small nations ; by force alone have small nations been welded into large nations ( Spencer , 1873 ) . Elsewhere ( Principles of Sociology , 1876 ) , Spencer indicates the rationale behind this ...
... force alone were large tribes welded into small nations ; by force alone have small nations been welded into large nations ( Spencer , 1873 ) . Elsewhere ( Principles of Sociology , 1876 ) , Spencer indicates the rationale behind this ...
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... force behind the evolution of the human species and its cultural institutions . Bagehot ( 1872 ) , Spencer ( 1873 ) and Steinmetz ( 1899 et seq . ) translated these Rassenkampf interpretations in more neutral biological terms of ...
... force behind the evolution of the human species and its cultural institutions . Bagehot ( 1872 ) , Spencer ( 1873 ) and Steinmetz ( 1899 et seq . ) translated these Rassenkampf interpretations in more neutral biological terms of ...
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