Lethal aggression in mobile forager bands and implications for the origins of war

It has been argued that warfare evolved as a component of early human behavior within foraging band societies. We investigated lethal aggression in a sample of 21 mobile forager band societies (MFBS) derived systematically from the standard cross-cultural sample. We hypothesized, on the basis of mob...

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Published in:	Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 341; no. 6143; p. 270
Main Authors:	Fry, Douglas P, Söderberg, Patrik
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 19.07.2013
Subjects:	Aggression - psychology Agriculture - history Animal Husbandry - history Anthropology Female History, 19th Century Homicide - ethnology Homicide - history Homicide - psychology Humans Male Motivation Warfare
ISSN:	1095-9203, 1095-9203
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