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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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2023]
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Half-title
- Chimpanzees, War, and History
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I
- 1. From Nice to Brutal
- 2. The Second Generation
- 3. Theoretical Alternatives
- Part II
- 4. From Peace to "War"
- 5. Contextualizing Violence
- 6. Explaining the War and Its Aftermath
- 7. Later Gombe
- 8. Interpreting Gombe Violence
- Part III
- 9. Mahale: What Happened to K Group?
- 10. Mahale History
- Part IV
- 11. Kibale
- 12. Ngogo Territorial Conflict
- 13. Scale and Geopolitics at Ngogo
- 14. The Ngogo Expansion, RCH + HIH
- 15. Kanyawara
- Part V
- 16. Budongo, Early Research and Human Impact
- 17. Sonso
- Part VI
- 18. Eastern Chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii
- 19. Central Chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes troglodytes
- 20. Western Chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes verus
- Part VII
- 21. Tai and Its Afflictions
- 22. Sociality and Intergroup Relations
- 23. Killings and Explanations
- Part VIII
- 24. Pan paniscus
- 25. Social Organization and Why Male Bonobos Are Less Violent
- 26. Evolutionary Scenarios and Theoretical Developments
- Part IX
- 27. Killing Infants
- 28. The Case for Evolved Adaptations, by the Evidence
- 29. Human Impact, Critiqued and Documented
- Part X
- 30. The Demonic Perspective Meets Human Warfare
- 31. Species-Specific Foundations of Human War
- 32. Applications: An Anthropology of War
- Tables
- References
- Index.