The Earliest Evidence for Warfare?

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  • Author(s): Otterbein, Keith F.1
  • Source:
    Current Anthropology. Jun2011, Vol. 52 Issue 3, p439-439. 1p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      Cannibalism; Prehistoric warfare; Paleoecology; Human beings; War & crime
    • Abstract:
      In this article the author shares his views on a report concerning cultural cannibalism that showed an evidence of raiding and warfare in a paleoeconomic system 800,000 years ago. He notes the occurrence of raids of each hunter-gatherers camp sites for the purpose of obtaining human flesh. He also asserts the need to consider the possibility that the origin of war lies in cannibalism.