03396nam 2200697 a 450 991082820190332120230207224856.00-19-771176-60-19-988586-90-19-972505-51-281-16347-30-19-971881-41-4356-1722-3(CKB)1000000000473240(EBL)415124(OCoLC)476240207(SSID)ssj0000111202(PQKBManifestationID)11125280(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000111202(PQKBWorkID)10080154(PQKB)11201269(Au-PeEL)EBL415124(CaPaEBR)ebr10212213(CaONFJC)MIL116347(OCoLC)190789038(MiAaPQ)EBC415124(EXLCZ)99100000000047324020060719d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBeyond war[electronic resource] the human potential for peace /Douglas P. FryOxford ;New York Oxford20071 online resource (352 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-538461-X 0-19-530948-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [322]) and index.Charting a new direction -- Do nonwarring societies actually exist? -- Overlooked and underappreciated : the human potential for peace -- Killer apes, cannibals, and coprolites : projecting mayhem onto the past -- The earliest evidence of war -- War and social organization : from Nomadic bands to modern states -- Seeking justices : the quest for fairness -- Man the warrior : fact or fantasy? -- Insights from the Outback : Geneva Conventions in the Australian bush -- Void if detached ... from reality : Australian "warriors," Yanomamö unokais, and lethal raiding psychology -- Returning to the evidence : life in the band -- Darwin got it right : sex differences in aggression -- A new evolutionary perspective : the Nomadic forager model -- Setting the record straight -- A macroscopic anthropological view -- Enhancing peace.The classic opening scene of 2001, A Space Odyssey shows an ape-man wreaking havoc with humanity's first invention--a bone used as a weapon to kill a rival. It's an image that fits well with popular notions of our species as inherently violent, with the idea that humans are--and always have been--warlike by nature. But as Douglas P. Fry convincingly argues in Beyond War, the facts show that our ancient ancestors were not innately warlike--and neither are we. Fry points out that, for perhaps ninety-nine percent of our history, for well over a million years, humans lived in nomadic hunter-and-gaWarWarfare, PrehistoricPeaceSocial aspectsEthnologyConflict managementSocial aspectsWar.Warfare, Prehistoric.PeaceSocial aspects.Ethnology.Conflict managementSocial aspects.303.6/6Fry Douglas P.1953-623345MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828201903321Beyond war4052092UNINA