Myths about hunter-gatherers redux: nomadic forager war and peace

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to critique several studies that claim to show that nomadic foragers engage in high levels of inter-group aggression. This is done through exploring four myths: nomadic foragers are warlike; there was a high rate of war mortality in the Pleistocene; the nomadic...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Journal of aggression, conflict and peace research Vol. 6; no. 4; pp. 255 - 266
Main Authors:	Endicott, Kirk, Fry, Douglas P, Soderberg, Patrik
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Bingley Emerald Group Publishing Limited 01-01-2014
Subjects:	Aggression Aggressiveness Alcohol Altruism Bias Coalitions Cooperation Criteria Data Data Quality Egalitarianism Ethnography Foreign policy Human nature Hunter-gatherers Males Modern society Mortality Mortality Rates Mythology Myths Neighbors Nomadic Societies Nomadism Peace Peace studies Prehistoric era Prehistory Psychology Sampling Social structure Values Violence War
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Be the first to leave a comment!