The Origin of War: The Evolution of a Male-coalitional Reproductive Strategy, Volume 1 |
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... survival in the struggle for existence is not random but depends in part on the hereditary constitution of the surviving individuals . This unequal survival constitutes a process of natural selection . This inference is based on the ...
... survival in the struggle for existence is not random but depends in part on the hereditary constitution of the surviving individuals . This unequal survival constitutes a process of natural selection . This inference is based on the ...
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... survival of its critical members and of the society as a group . ( 2 ) Cultures are modified , at least sometimes , to fit the survival requirements of the social and natural environments . If this does not happen to a culture when it ...
... survival of its critical members and of the society as a group . ( 2 ) Cultures are modified , at least sometimes , to fit the survival requirements of the social and natural environments . If this does not happen to a culture when it ...
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... survival of alleles as a result of selection at the group level . Other than in his extended discussion of sexual selection , Darwin had little to say about social or group factors in human evolution . He did briefly refer to the ...
... survival of alleles as a result of selection at the group level . Other than in his extended discussion of sexual selection , Darwin had little to say about social or group factors in human evolution . He did briefly refer to the ...
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