The Origin of War: The Evolution of a Male-coalitional Reproductive Strategy, Volume 1 |
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Page 97
... raiders hid around the enemy village or camp . Upon awakening , the enemy would leave the village , individually or in small groups , and go into the bush to relieve themselves . At this point the attack was launched . The war party ...
... raiders hid around the enemy village or camp . Upon awakening , the enemy would leave the village , individually or in small groups , and go into the bush to relieve themselves . At this point the attack was launched . The war party ...
Page 319
... Raiders may inflict deaths on their enemies , but by so doing make themselves and kin prime targets for retaliation . But ethnographic evidence suggests that revenge has an underlying rationality : Swift retaliation in kind serves as a ...
... Raiders may inflict deaths on their enemies , but by so doing make themselves and kin prime targets for retaliation . But ethnographic evidence suggests that revenge has an underlying rationality : Swift retaliation in kind serves as a ...
Page 432
... raiders " who kept a subject tribe to do their hunting and tilling ( French - Sheldon , 1892 ) . Davie ( 1929 ) provides the following examples for the African continent : " In Nyassaland , the Asenga , Atumbuka , and Achipeta are 432.
... raiders " who kept a subject tribe to do their hunting and tilling ( French - Sheldon , 1892 ) . Davie ( 1929 ) provides the following examples for the African continent : " In Nyassaland , the Asenga , Atumbuka , and Achipeta are 432.
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Nonhuman Intergroup Agonistic Behavior and Warfare | 3 |
The Adaptive Rationale | 7 |
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