jmm99, Greyhawk, marct, all added great reading
I would also add a totally different (less arcane?) thread: *Collapse* by Diamond. I know it's about societal collapse, but I think the idea of war over natural resources (water access, etc.) deserves attention directly- as a topic on its own- and not a subtopic under "gettin stuff from other tribes". I know there must be many, many other books on this, that people smarter than me will add below.
Can't we all just get along?
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Something about those makes my skin crawl...
Sickle-like object on red background?
"a woman that complicated things" - procreation, survival of the species the foundation upon which the struggle for resources is based - though some cultures see "woman" as "resource".
"War began from observations" - concur with the statements that follow as post-organizing (or grouping) rationales for behavior. I maintain that unless "the other" was perceived as a threat to survival-level resource acquisition "war" (or "conflict resulting in death") would not result. ("Survival-level resource" changes with time.)
I recognize that pig-stealing McCoys might disagree. ;) :rolleyes:
Title reccomendation for your paper
"What can we learn from an unfrozen caveman warrior?"
There's a Saturday Night Live reference in that, but I think it would work.
BI-ologist? All this time
I thought he was a GEE-ologisit. :wry: No wonder he confused me...