The origins of warfare have long been of interest for researchers across disciplines. Did our
earliest ancestors engage in forms of organized violence that are appropriately viewed as …

Two major types of aggression, proactive and reactive, are associated with contrasting
expression, eliciting factors, neural pathways, development, and function. The distinction is …

Most nonhuman primates prey on vertebrates. Meat-eating, defined as ingestion of
vertebrate tissue, occurs in 12 families,≥ 39 genera, and≥ 89 species. It is most common in …

ABSTRACT A niche is the structural, temporal, and social context in which a species exists.
Over the last two million years, the human lineage underwent clear morphological changes …

For anthropologists, meat eating by primates like chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) warrants
examination given the emphasis on hunting in human evolutionary history. As referential …

In animals with slow ontogeny and long-term maternal investment, immatures are likely to
experience the birth of a younger sibling before reaching maturity. In these species, the birth …

Since its inception, archaeology has traditionally focused exclusively on humans and our
direct ancestors. However, recent years have seen archaeological techniques applied to …

The origin of the fundamental behavioral differences between humans and our closest living
relatives is one of the central issues of evolutionary anthropology. The prominent …

Why do we fight? Have we always been fighting one another? This book examines the
origins and development of human forms of organized violence from an anthropological and …

Extant primates, especially chimpanzees, are often used as models for pre-modern hominin
(henceforth: hominin) behaviour, anatomy and cognition. In particular, as hominin behaviour …