The Origin of War: The Evolution of a Male-coalitional Reproductive Strategy, Volume 1 |
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... ritual or game . As , for example , Dyer ( 1985 ) wrote recently : " [ I ] t is an important ritual , an exciting and dangerous game , and perhaps even an opportunity for self - expression , but it is not about power in any recognizable ...
... ritual or game . As , for example , Dyer ( 1985 ) wrote recently : " [ I ] t is an important ritual , an exciting and dangerous game , and perhaps even an opportunity for self - expression , but it is not about power in any recognizable ...
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... Ritual cerebrophagy by the camp - fire seemed the logical conclusion . But these kinds of damage are now known to be commonplace and ' understandable in terms of a number of taphonomic alternatives ' ( Binford and Ho , 1985 , p . 8 ) ...
... Ritual cerebrophagy by the camp - fire seemed the logical conclusion . But these kinds of damage are now known to be commonplace and ' understandable in terms of a number of taphonomic alternatives ' ( Binford and Ho , 1985 , p . 8 ) ...
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... ritual cycle of religious practices which culminate in ceremonial pig slaughter ( ' kaiko ' ) , and which are believed to regulate the relationship between Maring social groups and their environment . Rappaport ( 1967 ) has suggested ...
... ritual cycle of religious practices which culminate in ceremonial pig slaughter ( ' kaiko ' ) , and which are believed to regulate the relationship between Maring social groups and their environment . Rappaport ( 1967 ) has suggested ...
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