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. 2005 Oct 25;102(43):15294-8.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.0505955102. Epub 2005 Aug 29.

The evolution of lethal intergroup violence

Raymond C Kelly  1
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The evolution of lethal intergroup violence

Raymond C Kelly. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .

Abstract

Recent findings and analyses in evolutionary biology, archaeology, and ethnology provide a favorable conjuncture for examining the evolution of lethal intergroup violence among hominids during the 2.9-million-year Paleolithic time span. Here, I seek to identify and investigate the main turning points in this evolutionary trajectory and to delineate the periodization that follows from this inquiry.

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