In a new study published in the research journal Evolution & Human Behaviour, anthropologists say violent conflict accounted for 30% of all deaths among Amazon tribes before their contact with Europeans.
'The same reasons - revenge, honour, territory and jealousy over women - that fuelled deadly conflicts in the Amazon continue to drive violence in today's world,' said University of Missouri anthropologist Robert Walker, the lead author. 'Humans' evolutionary history of violent conflict among rival groups goes back to our primate [ape] ancestors. Read the article.
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