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Unfortunately I don't remember source where I read about this and a quick search didn't produce any results. I may have even found the article on HN.
by ETH_start 3y ago
Unfortunately I don't remember source where I read about this and a quick search didn't produce any results. I may have even found the article on HN.
- defrost 3y agoDoes it sound like something that would be true and provable for all hunter gatherers across the entire planet for some two million years? ( From first humans to present day hunter gatherers ) Is it true for present day hunter gatherers? How could it be determined for (say) hunter gatherers in modern western Europe? Would that be via skulls and bones from major outbreaks of conflict every so often or would it establish a pattern true for all generations, etc? To be honest it sounds more like missionary type comment on uncivilised savages.
- ETH_start 3y agoThat homicide rates for hunter gatherers are much higher than for people in agrarian and industrial societies is firmly established by the evidence, which is spread out across thousands of years of pre-history and a diverse array of geographical locations. It is also consistent with what we see in the closest relatives of humans: chimpanzee. https://archive.li/uP7Ax https://archive.li/uP7Ax
- defrost 3y ago> That homicide rates for hunter gatherers are much higher than for people in agrarian and industrial societies is firmly established by the evidence Cool. That's what I'm asking for ... do you have any? ( Bear in mind, WWI, WWII, Vietnam, Korea, The Boer Wars, Crimea (old and new), Ukraine, et al set the bar on homicide in agrarian and industrial cultures )
- ETH_start 3y agoYes, this article has a large number of sources: https://ourworldindata.org/ethnographic-and-archaeological-evidence-on-violent-deaths https://ourworldindata.org/ethnographic-and-archaeological-e...