The Origin of War: The Evolution of a Male-coalitional Reproductive Strategy, Volume 1 |
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... result from exclusive access to critical resources ; however , this benefit is relative to alternative ( nonterritorial ) modes of resource utilization . For any case of territoriality , the ratio of benefits to costs should exceed 1.0 ...
... result from exclusive access to critical resources ; however , this benefit is relative to alternative ( nonterritorial ) modes of resource utilization . For any case of territoriality , the ratio of benefits to costs should exceed 1.0 ...
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... result of warfare . Various indices of cultural evolution were employed to measure the degree of urbanization , economic specialization , social organization , and political integration of the societies studied . The results were ...
... result of warfare . Various indices of cultural evolution were employed to measure the degree of urbanization , economic specialization , social organization , and political integration of the societies studied . The results were ...
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... result in aggression , and that aggression was not automatically the result of frustration . Other instigators to aggression , such as threat or insult , proved much more effective than frustration . It was also overlooked how much ...
... result in aggression , and that aggression was not automatically the result of frustration . Other instigators to aggression , such as threat or insult , proved much more effective than frustration . It was also overlooked how much ...
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