Give peace a chance : on violence and warfare in prehistory and why it matters

How is it possible that people kill each other? And above all: how is it possible that people who are able to peacefully live with each other at one moment, can kill each other at another one? These are fundamental questions about the human condition - questions that religions, philosophers and scie...

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Main Author: Fontijn, D.R (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: 2021
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