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Here are six facts about the origins of warfare: #1 the earliest clear evidence for war is 13,000 years old, #2 warfare is extremely rare in the animal kingdom, #3 chimpanzees engage in raids, #4 bonobos are peaceful, #5 war is common in hunter-gatherer societies, and #6 hunter-gatherer societies can be peaceful
Note 1: the battle scene at 3:36 shows the Dani people of New Guinea, who are not hunter-gatherers as they practice horticulture
Note 2: the shooting scene at 1:40 isn't real, it's a reenactment from 1898
Note 3: the male symbol at 6:40 originally was the symbol of Ares and represents a spear and a shield
Sources:
0:30 Sala et al. 2015 journals.plos....
0:55 Crevecoeur et al. 2021 www.nature.com...
1:34 Lion Fight • Wildlife: Two Lions Fi...
2:25 BBC Studios • Violent chimpanzee att...
2:50 The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden • Bonobo-Cincinnati Zoo
3:20 RainScratch • Australian Aborigines ...
3:45 Fry and Söderberg 2013 www.science.or...
An overview that informed this video: Kissel and Kim 2018 onlinelibrary....
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