Why War? From the Pleistocene to the Present: an Anthropological Perspective

R. Brian Ferguson

doi:10.1163/25891715-05010001

Why War? From the Pleistocene to the Present: an Anthropological Perspective

R. Brian Ferguson

Rutgers Newark, Sociology & Anthropology

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Abstract

Editorial and opinion pieces speculate (or proclaim) about the foundations of war, the curse of humanity. Here is another perspective, backed by forty years of anthropological research, on origins, causes, variations, and meanings of war, and their contemporary implications.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1-6
Number of pages	6
Journal	Public Anthropologist
Volume	5
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/25891715-05010001
State	Published - 2023

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Anthropology

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anthropology of war
ethnology and war
human nature
primatology and war

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