CARTA: Violence in Human Evolution - Christopher Boehm: Warfare and Feuding in Pleistocene Society

(Visit: www.uctv.tv/) In this talk, Christopher Boehm (USC) discusses how today’s hunter-gatherers are used to portray likely patterns of male aggression among culturally-modern foragers in the Late Pleistocene epoch. Patterns of aggressive behavior are considered at three levels: within groups, between groups of the same ethnicity, and between groups that consider one another strangers.
Recorded on 05/16/2014. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 28347]

[@caradocapcunobelin2875]

"Raiding for women is universal among hunter gatherers." Also we know that modern hunter gatherers practice arranged marriage. Dating is a completely new phenomenon that could only happen once we invented cars. Women were never mean't to be happy.

[@ZOGGYDOGGY]

Christopher Boehm is on the right track toward a science of human nature.

[@gregbalteff1529]

chris is brilliant

[@johns.7297]

There is nothing so illuminating as evidence and the truth.

[@brookewalford6428]

This all needs to be contextualised within broadly trans-egalitarian societies where different bands cooperated via material exchanges, celebrations and as sources of mates. The women used laughter and mocking to diminish expressions of superiority.

[@aptcmpasion]

but TODAY, 'we' make certain that 'we' encourage bullies, bullying-- by making it illegal to do anything but Tolerate The Bully, The Asshole, The Criminal, The Terrorist, and all The Functionaries of The Tyrant; this is the state of our 'civilization'.

[@caradocapcunobelin2875]

It's important to understand that every hunter gatherer group is unique and each generation is suscebtible to chage. Yes hunter gatherer groups are normally egalitarian but something changed to get us to this point. There was a time in our history where the person trying to control the group actually succeeded and they changed their ways. If that didn't happen then we would still be doing the same thing. A possible scenario where the "bully" could gain leadership of the tribe is if he managed to domesticate something like a horse. If he rode back to the tribe on a horse he would possibly be seen as something of a God, someone to follow, someone with vision. He could use that power to take control of his tribe. Just my thoughts.

[@fernandaalves5818]

Primitive notions of warfare are interesting to learn about, even in this day and age ;)

[@peegeebeedee7563]

Fernanda Alves Our Human Ancestors Went To War For The Same Reason We Go To War (Territory, Resources, Sex).

[@rubenjames7345]

I'm not sure what the other side of this argument is supposed to be.

[@michaels4255]

The other side: either the myth of the "peaceful savage" before he was "corrupted" by notions of private property; or "human nature is just a social construct" and therefore human behavior is infinitely malleable; or, very often, both.

[@TheCakeIsNotaVlog]

He sounded terrified. I'd recognjise that vocal quiver anywhere. Same thing that happens to me

[@sketchyskateboardingasmr6531]

terrified of what? he's just old.

[@TheCakeIsNotaVlog]

Public speaking

[@sketchyskateboardingasmr6531]

...i dont things like that happens to people that age...i can tell apart a vocal quiver from tired lungs and nervousness. i get that way when iam exhausted also.

[@TheCakeIsNotaVlog]

Of course it happens. There's no age limit on fear

[@sketchyskateboardingasmr6531]

of course not, but the type of fear change with the growth of wisdom

[@joeschmo5699]

Interesting, the lack of data for ethnocentrism of aboriginal Americans.

[@njira2963]

+joe schmo We were too busy killing them off and rounding them up on reserves to give a damn about their previous ways of life!

[@michaels4255]

One indication is that most Indian "tribes" called themselves by a name that translates as "the humans," although that was not the name they had for other tribes.

[@user-ju6ts8ij5l]

bullying / hahahahahhahhahhhahahhaha