War Research in the News

Anthropology Research in the News

2019

• Waorani Raiding and Brothers
• Warfare Increases Religosity

2017-2018

• Pro and Con on the Nataruk warfare site
• The scale of warfare through time
• Easter Island: demise through warfare?
• Warfare and Polygyny Today
• The Decline of Ethnic Violence

2014-16

• Earliest Extensive Evidence of Prehistoric Warfare: Nataruk and Jebel Sahaba
• Massacre at Nataruk (with video of researchers)
•        Critique of the Nataruk findings
         No warfare among the Jamon (a comparison to Nataruk)
• Conference on whether warfare creatively fuelled human evolution
• Neolithic French Human Bone Pit
• Hunter-Gatherer Warfare in California
• Neanderthal Cannibalism
• New Data and Analysis of Cooperative Aggresion among the Yanomamo
• Mass Grave in Utah shows signs of warfare 2000 years ago

Chimpanzee Warfare Natural?

• Summary of Nature article on new findings of chimp warfare here
• Better summary of the above by Joan Silk here
• Response by Ferguson here

Oldest War Re-examined  the killings at Jebel Sahaba.  Unfortunately, whoever wrote the title called it a "Race War" even there is not evidence for this.  Aside from that, recommended reading: click here

2013

Second New York Times book review of Noble Savages

Charles Mann's review of Noble Savages in the WSJ

Profile of Napoleon Chagnon in the New York Times Sunday Magazine

Diamond's The World Before Yesterday called wrong about war

The Afghan army and the Taliban

Giant Viking Warship: a troop carrier for 100 warriors

Human Hand Evolved for Punching

Ancient Minoans: not so peaceful

More on the Minoans above

2008

"Killer Instincts": a review of evolutionary theories of homicide and war in the journal Nature

More Evidence of Chimpanzee Infanticide (14 May 2007)

Massacre of Maya Leaders a Collection of Stories

Mass Graves Reveal Massacre of Maya Royalty National Geographic News (11/17/05)

• A 1,200-Year-Old Murder Mystery in Guatemala New York Times (11/17/05)
• Perpetrators of Ancient War Crime Sought Washington Post (11/17/05)
• Interviews: Uncovering a Mayan Massacre NPR (11/17/05)
• Maya 'War Crimes Scene' Uncovered Los Angeles Times (11/17/05)
• Perpetrators of Ancient War Crime Sought MSNBC (11/17/05)
• 1,200-year-old Skeletons Reveal War-like Ending to Maya Civilization Independent (11/18/05)
• Ruins Reveal Chilling Massacre of Maya Royalty Yahoo (11/2305)