The Origin of War: The Evolution of a Male-coalitional Reproductive Strategy, Volume 1 |
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... presents , as a rule , and for the first time in evolution , clear forms of administra- tive , political , and legal ... present a phase of human evolution which can be understood in terms of ambition , thirst for glory , and of mystical ...
... presents , as a rule , and for the first time in evolution , clear forms of administra- tive , political , and legal ... present a phase of human evolution which can be understood in terms of ambition , thirst for glory , and of mystical ...
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... present - - city or town present , or average community size is fifty or greater the level of political integration is the state - hierarchies complex - class stratification present - slavery present - emphasis on invidious display of ...
... present - - city or town present , or average community size is fifty or greater the level of political integration is the state - hierarchies complex - class stratification present - slavery present - emphasis on invidious display of ...
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... present in any generation are disproportionately those that had , in preceding environments , effective ' strategies ' for their own propagation . And conversely , the traits individuals express are present because the genes that govern ...
... present in any generation are disproportionately those that had , in preceding environments , effective ' strategies ' for their own propagation . And conversely , the traits individuals express are present because the genes that govern ...
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