Chimpanzees, war, and history : are men born to kill? /
"Why do people make war? Why is war so common? Is it human nature for men to kill outsiders? Many say yes, and claim this is shown by a supposedly confirmed innate tendency of chimpanzees to kill outsiders. Chimpanzees, War and History challenges that consensus, with detailed contextual evidenc...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2023]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Why do people make war? Why is war so common? Is it human nature for men to kill outsiders? Many say yes, and claim this is shown by a supposedly confirmed innate tendency of chimpanzees to kill outsiders. Chimpanzees, War and History challenges that consensus, with detailed contextual evidence showing how human disturbance leads directly to bloodshed, and can intensify status conflicts up to deadly display and payback violence. The contrast of peaceable bonobos is explained by ecologically and sexually grounded differences in social organization, which fit with recent advances in evolutionary theory. Finally, a species-specific anthropological perspective on human war is described and applied across diverse situations of collective violence, which addresses the connection of masculinity and killing"--Publisher's description. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (552 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197506769 0197506763 9780197506783 019750678X 0197506771 9780197506776 |