The Origin of War: The Evolution of a Male-coalitional Reproductive Strategy, Volume 1 |
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Page 132
... polygyny , on the assumption that the presence of polygyny makes internal feuding more likely . The Otterbeins found that polygyny is indeed positively related to the frequency of feuding and that polygyny and patrilocality together ...
... polygyny , on the assumption that the presence of polygyny makes internal feuding more likely . The Otterbeins found that polygyny is indeed positively related to the frequency of feuding and that polygyny and patrilocality together ...
Page 179
... polygyny ( either one - male groups if the females can be guarded or herded effectively , or else multi - male groups ) . If the home ranges in which the females live , or the resources to which they are attracted , can be defended ...
... polygyny ( either one - male groups if the females can be guarded or herded effectively , or else multi - male groups ) . If the home ranges in which the females live , or the resources to which they are attracted , can be defended ...
Page 262
... polygyny . The older and more influential males have several wives , leaving younger males wifeless . The constant warfare of these societies creates a constant need for warriors and it is this need which causes the cultural preference ...
... polygyny . The older and more influential males have several wives , leaving younger males wifeless . The constant warfare of these societies creates a constant need for warriors and it is this need which causes the cultural preference ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Nonhuman Intergroup Agonistic Behavior and Warfare | 3 |
The Adaptive Rationale | 7 |
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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