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Review
. 2002 Dec:23 Suppl 4:55-65.

(Evolutionary) Theories of warfare in preindustrial (foraging) societies

Johan M G van der Dennen  1
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  • PMID: 12496736
Review

(Evolutionary) Theories of warfare in preindustrial (foraging) societies

Johan M G van der Dennen. Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2002 Dec.

Abstract

I present an inventory of theories of war causation (and on the origin of war) in preindustrial (traditional, foraging, 'primitive', hunter-gatherer, band- and tribe-level) societies, with emphasis on the roles of natural selection, sexual selection and kin selection. Also the school of sociocultural evolution is briefly discussed.

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