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What Our Primate Relatives Say About War

With a clearer picture of where we came from, we may find a better understanding…

Dominic Johnson
January 31, 2013

Politics

Is War Creative?

Warfare has transformed us from living in villages to living in huge states, building cities…

Peter Turchin
January 13, 2013

Mind

The Rats of War: Konrad Lorenz and the Anthropic Shift

Rats and humans tribal instincts.

eiadminAugust 20, 2012

Politics

Pinker, Politics, and the Decline of Violence: Roundtable on “The Better Angels of Our Nature”

This year's meeting of the International Studies Association featured a panel organized exclusively around Steven…

tvolimportMay 7, 2012

Politics

Of Chimps and Men: War In Evolutionary Perspective

Evolutionary theory as a lens with which to investigate the origins and psychological mechanisms of…

tvolimportMarch 26, 2012

Politics

Good Guys Kill Better, or How to Outwit the Bad Beast of Our Nature

recent work in evolutionary psychology indicates the Golden Rule principles operate fairly in all cultures,…

Scott Atran
March 17, 2012