The Origin of War: The Evolution of a Male-coalitional Reproductive Strategy, Volume 1 |
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... function the elements performed now . Earlier anthropologists had envisaged ' survivals ' , customs or other cultural traits that survived from out of the past though no longer with any real function or meaning . But , according to the ...
... function the elements performed now . Earlier anthropologists had envisaged ' survivals ' , customs or other cultural traits that survived from out of the past though no longer with any real function or meaning . But , according to the ...
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... function ( s ) of political systems are associated with a benefit ( s ) that enhance reproduction . If , therefore , the necessary and sufficient function of political systems is defense , this benefit is the protection that political ...
... function ( s ) of political systems are associated with a benefit ( s ) that enhance reproduction . If , therefore , the necessary and sufficient function of political systems is defense , this benefit is the protection that political ...
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... function of primitive warfare is to limit population sounds almost as odd as saying that the function of hot weather is to increase beer consumption or that we have famines to keep population down " , Howell ( 1975 ) remarks , and he ...
... function of primitive warfare is to limit population sounds almost as odd as saying that the function of hot weather is to increase beer consumption or that we have famines to keep population down " , Howell ( 1975 ) remarks , and he ...
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