While violence has always been a part of the human condition, the scale of destruction wrought by modern war is novel. Violence in pre-Neolithic (pre-agricultur

While violence has always been a part of the human condition, the scale of destruction wrought by modern war is novel. Violence in pre-Neolithic (pre-agricultural times, which characterizes the vast majority of our time as a species on this earth) was much more interpersonal. Think, two guys fighting over one girl, kind of personal. Organized group on group violence was a rarity. It's only with the creation of complex societies that we see the kinds of wars where whole ethnicities are targeted and uprooted. It's entirely possible that people experience more 'trauma' due to the differing nature of violence these days. Here's a link to a good article by an anthropologist explaining it better than I do: http://aeon.co/magazine/society/human-beings-do-not-have-an-instinct-for-war/ http://aeon.co/magazine/society/human-beings-do-not-have-an-...