War and Violence Flashcards
Aggression as an adaptation:
defense
increase status
same-sex rivals
deter rivals
pillaging
The Young male syndrome
male same-sex homicides > female same-sex homcides
- evidence for warfare being a male characteristic
women do not form same-sex groups to go to war
- evidence for warfare being a male characteristic
males perform cost benefit analysis of aggression
- evidence for warfare being a male characteristic:
warfare provides access to women
- evidence for warfare being a male characteristic
strength, fighting ability and bravery valued by men
warfare in Ecuadorian Amazon:
correlation between status and warriorship
- conditions for war:
gain in reproductive resources > loss of reproductive resources
2 conditions for war:
must believe will be victorious
- conditions for war:
individual risk must give rise to benefit
- conditions for war:
warriors unaware of who will survive and who will die
details of Bronze Age battle
3200 years ago
Tollense River
wood, flint bronze
- similarities between militarism and tribalism: members fight for….
each other, not the cause
- similarities between militarism and tribalism: members…
train , live, and fight together
- similarities between militarism and tribalism:
close relationships between membranes