Chapter 10, “War and Group Violence” for Intro to Anthropology 2024

This anthropology lecture explores the human capacity for warfare, violence, and aggression from both evolutionary and cultural perspectives. Key topics include:
- The difference between aggression, violence, and warfare
- Comparison of human and primate violence
- Archaeological evidence for warfare (13,000 years ago)
- Connection between agriculture and organized violence
- Structural violence and colonialism
- Indigenous boarding schools and language death
- Four ways people resist oppression: resistance, refusal, revolution, and reconciliation
Based on current anthropological research, this lecture challenges common assumptions about human nature and violence while exploring paths toward reconciliation.

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