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Page 158
Coalitions of male cheetahs driving smaller coalitions away from breeding
females may inflict fatal injuries (Frame & Frame, 1981; Caro & Collins, 1986).
The following observations pertain specifically to the nonhuman primate species
in Table ...
Coalitions of male cheetahs driving smaller coalitions away from breeding
females may inflict fatal injuries (Frame & Frame, 1981; Caro & Collins, 1986).
The following observations pertain specifically to the nonhuman primate species
in Table ...
Page 183
A third explanation can be derived from the socio-ecological theorizing presented
in § 3.7 on the ultimate causes of primate sociality. In this model, as we saw,
ecological factors such as distribution properties of preferred foods largely ...
A third explanation can be derived from the socio-ecological theorizing presented
in § 3.7 on the ultimate causes of primate sociality. In this model, as we saw,
ecological factors such as distribution properties of preferred foods largely ...
Page 195
Observed primate behavior testifies to this: primates very rarely avail themselves
of dead carcasses. Even modern humans do not seem to scavenge much. (3) If
hominids were formidable enough to scavenge, hunting itself was open to them ...
Observed primate behavior testifies to this: primates very rarely avail themselves
of dead carcasses. Even modern humans do not seem to scavenge much. (3) If
hominids were formidable enough to scavenge, hunting itself was open to them ...
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Concept and Characteristics of War in Primitive Societies | 69 |
Nonhuman Intergroup Agonistic Behavior and Warfare | 143 |
Copyright | |
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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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