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Traditions of Conflict

William Buckner

The evolutionary anthropology of deception, magic, and violence.

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I have been writing about polygyny for years now. The main thrust of my argument has been that high rates of polygyny commonly involve relatively coercive, male-biased marriage arrangements, and that rather than polygyny being sustained by...

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Underestimating Social Complexity Among Hunter-Gatherers

Anthropologist Robin Dunbar has a recent paper arguing that as group size increases—particularly with the historical transition to larger and more sedentary agricultural societies—additional social institutions are required to manage the ch...

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Gebusi Homicide and the Cultural Influence of Violence

The Gebusi forager-horticulturalists of New Guinea traditionally attributed all natural deaths to sorcery.

Whenever a seemingly healthy adult or older child died, an inquest involving a spirit medium would be held to determine the culprit...

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