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The development of cooperative hunting and the transition to a hunter-gatherer
culture by early hominids has often been proposed as a major pacemaker for the
development of human characteristics such as sex-linked task differentiation, ...
The development of cooperative hunting and the transition to a hunter-gatherer
culture by early hominids has often been proposed as a major pacemaker for the
development of human characteristics such as sex-linked task differentiation, ...
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The earlier men were hunting men, and to hunt a neighbouring tribe, kill the
males, loot the village, and possess the females was the most profitable, as well
as the most exciting way of living. Thus were the more martial tribes selected, and
in ...
The earlier men were hunting men, and to hunt a neighbouring tribe, kill the
males, loot the village, and possess the females was the most profitable, as well
as the most exciting way of living. Thus were the more martial tribes selected, and
in ...
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4.8.4 Criticism Apart from the fact that Carnivorous Psychology theory is marred
by confusion among the concepts 'predatory', 'carnivorous' and 'hunting', what is
the evidence to substantiate its claims? First, as Fromm (1973) emphasized, the ...
4.8.4 Criticism Apart from the fact that Carnivorous Psychology theory is marred
by confusion among the concepts 'predatory', 'carnivorous' and 'hunting', what is
the evidence to substantiate its claims? First, as Fromm (1973) emphasized, the ...
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Concept and Characteristics of War in Primitive Societies | 69 |
Nonhuman Intergroup Agonistic Behavior and Warfare | 143 |
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| Title | The Origin of War: The Evolution of a Male-coalitional Reproductive Strategy, Volume 1 The Origin of War: The Evolution of a Male-coalitional Reproductive Strategy, J. van der Dennen |
| Author | J. van der Dennen |
| Publisher | Origin Press, 1995 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Oct 2008 |
| Length | 863 pages |
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