ANTH 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Jebel Sahaba, Later Stone Age, Grave Goods
15 Jul 2016
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It can be a continuity of an aggressive instinct from a common ancestor. Or it can be an outcome of competition between individuals for status, prestige or high rank. It can also be from conflicts and warfare driven from the need for food, land, and other resources. Force beyond what is necessary to cause death. Basically there is little evidence before the mesolithic (which is the time period between the paleolithic and neolithic) Increasing compelling evidence during and after the neolithic. It is not a biological reason, but instead before the mesolithic, we do not have any evidence of interpersonal violence. We have a certain amount of skeletal remains, and a few may have shown evidence of violence, but it is still questionable. People use this as an example of war. Because in this sight they saw a large amount of violence. They saw that there was a large amount of deaths between 11-20.
