Large-scale violence in Late Neolithic Western Europe based on skeletal evidence

Re:Large-scale violence in Late Neolithic Western Europe bas... by mytailorisrich on Saturday November 04, 2023 @01:58PM (#38143524)

Violence between groups exist in other animals as well.

My take is that this is a natural consequence of competition for resources. The more individuals or groups are organised, the more violence becomes organised as a logical consequence.

We have evolved as social animals members of tight groups and this seems to be quite old looking at chimpanzees and gorillas, for example. So this 'tribal' streak is probably embedded in us to this day.

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Re:Large-scale violence in Late Neolithic Western Europe bas... by type0 on Saturday November 04, 2023 @10:59PM (#38147646)

I don't think gorillas show violent tribal behavior. They rely on their silver-back male to defend the group in a same way lions do. Baboons on the other hand have right out wars involving the whole group as do chimps and some other primates.

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