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Actually, that's not really the case: warring started at the dawn of civilization. There aren't many clear cases of large scale destruction of human life in pre
by pineaux 8y ago
Actually, that's not really the case: warring started at the dawn of civilization. There aren't many clear cases of large scale destruction of human life in prehistoric times. The proliferation of war only happened as sedentism gained popularity. Sedentism is the start of civilization. It also creates economic stratification, which is probably the number one reason for war across nations and inside nations.
- JackFr 8y agoHmmm. Take a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gombe_Chimpanzee_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gombe_Chimpanzee_War
- Nasrudith 8y agoThat sounds like a bit of a tautology given that humanity kept to relatively small bands at that time from logistical constraints. Also amusingly technologically mutually assured destruction may have started with /fire/ and contributed back in ancient forest Africa. Essentially if there was a rival band to risky to fight and you have mastery of fire setting via a firebreak a contained wildfire would rid a threat and give remaining territory minus what was burnt into immediate uselessness.