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| Title |
Intergroup Aggression in Chimpanzees and War in Nomadic Hunter-Gatherers
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| Published in |
Human Nature, March 2012
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| DOI | 10.1007/s12110-012-9132-1 |
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| Authors |
Richard W. Wrangham, Luke Glowacki |
| Abstract |
Chimpanzee and hunter-gatherer intergroup aggression differ in important ways, including humans having the ability to form peaceful relationships and alliances among groups. This paper nevertheless evaluates the hypothesis that intergroup aggression evolved according to the same functional principles in the two species-selection favoring a tendency to kill members of neighboring groups when killing could be carried out safely. According to this idea chimpanzees and humans are equally risk-averse when fighting. When self-sacrificial war practices are found in humans, therefore, they result from cultural systems of reward, punishment, and coercion rather than evolved adaptations to greater risk-taking. To test this "chimpanzee model," we review intergroup fighting in chimpanzees and nomadic hunter-gatherers living with other nomadic hunter-gatherers as neighbors. Whether humans have evolved specific psychological adaptations for war is unknown, but current evidence suggests that the chimpanzee model is an appropriate starting point for analyzing the biological and cultural evolution of warfare. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 13 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 31% |
| Germany | 1 | 8% |
| Vietnam | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 7 | 54% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 8 | 62% |
| Scientists | 5 | 38% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 335 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | <1% |
| Germany | 2 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Austria | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Denmark | 1 | <1% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 323 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 74 | 22% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 64 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 50 | 15% |
| Researcher | 32 | 10% |
| Professor | 15 | 4% |
| Other | 53 | 16% |
| Unknown | 47 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 83 | 25% |
| Social Sciences | 51 | 15% |
| Psychology | 50 | 15% |
| Arts and Humanities | 27 | 8% |
| Environmental Science | 13 | 4% |
| Other | 50 | 15% |
| Unknown | 61 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 69. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 March 2023.
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#62
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So far Altmetric has tracked 551 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 33.5. This one has done well, scoring higher than 88% of its peers.
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