(Evolutionary) Theories of warfare in preindustrial (foraging) societies.
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.
van der Dennen
Johan M G
JM
Department of Legal Theory, Section Political Science, University of Groningen, the Netherlands. j.m.g.van.der.dennen@rechten.rug.nl
D005075:Biological Evolution; D003468:Cultural Evolution; D005007:Ethnology; D006801:Humans; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012919:Social Behavior; D014857:Warfare