In
the new paper, Fry and Soderberg looked at ethnographic histories of 21
nomadic forager societies, compiling a database of every
well-documented incidence of lethal aggression that could be found in
reputable accounts spanning the last two centuries.
They
counted 148 incidents in all, of which more than half involved a single
person killing another. Only 22 percent involved multiple aggressors and
multiple victims, and only one-third involved conflicts between groups.
Most killings were motivated by sexual jealousy, revenge for a previous
murder, insults or other interpersonal quarrels. Collective,
between-group violence was the exception, not the rule. To Fry, the
weight of evidence suggests that humanity’s origins were, if not exactly
peaceful, then not warlike, either.
“When you look at these
foraging groups, you see a great deal of cooperation. There are
homicides on occasion, but generally people get along very well,” said
Fry. “Humans have a capacity for warfare — nobody’s denying that. But to
make it a central part of human nature is grossly out of contact with
the data.”
Original Post: Marcahuasi Project
Article: http://www.wired.com/
In
the new paper, Fry and Soderberg looked at ethnographic histories of 21
nomadic forager societies, compiling a database of every
well-documented incidence of lethal aggression that could be found in
reputable accounts spanning the last two centuries.
They counted 148 incidents in all, of which more than half involved a single person killing another. Only 22 percent involved multiple aggressors and multiple victims, and only one-third involved conflicts between groups.
Most killings were motivated by sexual jealousy, revenge for a previous murder, insults or other interpersonal quarrels. Collective, between-group violence was the exception, not the rule. To Fry, the weight of evidence suggests that humanity’s origins were, if not exactly peaceful, then not warlike, either.
“When you look at these foraging groups, you see a great deal of cooperation. There are homicides on occasion, but generally people get along very well,” said Fry. “Humans have a capacity for warfare — nobody’s denying that. But to make it a central part of human nature is grossly out of contact with the data.”
Original Post: Marcahuasi Project
Article: http://www.wired.com/
They counted 148 incidents in all, of which more than half involved a single person killing another. Only 22 percent involved multiple aggressors and multiple victims, and only one-third involved conflicts between groups.
Most killings were motivated by sexual jealousy, revenge for a previous murder, insults or other interpersonal quarrels. Collective, between-group violence was the exception, not the rule. To Fry, the weight of evidence suggests that humanity’s origins were, if not exactly peaceful, then not warlike, either.
“When you look at these foraging groups, you see a great deal of cooperation. There are homicides on occasion, but generally people get along very well,” said Fry. “Humans have a capacity for warfare — nobody’s denying that. But to make it a central part of human nature is grossly out of contact with the data.”
Original Post: Marcahuasi Project
Article: http://www.wired.com/
![Human Nature May Not Be So Warlike After All
In the new paper, Fry and Soderberg looked at ethnographic histories of 21 nomadic forager societies, compiling a database of every well-documented incidence of lethal aggression that could be found in reputable accounts spanning the last two centuries.
They counted 148 incidents in all, of which more than half involved a single person killing another. Only 22 percent involved multiple aggressors and multiple victims, and only one-third involved conflicts between groups.
Most killings were motivated by sexual jealousy, revenge for a previous murder, insults or other interpersonal quarrels. Collective, between-group violence was the exception, not the rule. To Fry, the weight of evidence suggests that humanity’s origins were, if not exactly peaceful, then not warlike, either.
“When you look at these foraging groups, you see a great deal of cooperation. There are homicides on occasion, but generally people get along very well,” said Fry. “Humans have a capacity for warfare — nobody’s denying that. But to make it a central part of human nature is grossly out of contact with the data.”
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