For those who believe human conflict is the product of certain social or economic conditions that prevail today, rather than inherent to the human condition, th

For those who believe human conflict is the product of certain social or economic conditions that prevail today, rather than inherent to the human condition, the idea that more primitive conditions were peaceful is an appealing one. You also see this line of thinking extend to the idea of hierarchy, with limited archaeological evidence for primitive hierarchies being taken to imply the absence of hierarchy, in spite of hierarchy and status existing among modern day hunter gatherers and other primitive groups.