Traditions of Conflict

Traditions of Conflict

Comments on Evolutionary Anthropology. Cultural traditions and conflict patterns.

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Cults

1/31/2018 - On secret cults and male dominance

12/15/2018 - Why headhunting men’s cults develop in lowland riverine rainforest areas

2/23/2019 - Notes on Nggwal

4/1/2019 - The Assassin’s Footprint

9/11/2019 - Margaret Mead, Reo Fortune, and the ‘Loving Deception’ of the Mountain Arapesh

10/4/2019 - Sacred Metal

12/3/2019 - The Bullroarer

Magic

6/9/2018 - A Tale of Sorcery and Marriage Among the Gebusi

6/19/2018 - Ritual mutilation, human consumption, and contemporary insulation

7/6/2018 - The Social Dynamics of Sorcery

8/1/2018 - The Cause of Illness: brief thoughts on sorcery and science

1/4/2019 - Charlatanism: realms of deception and religious theater

1/23/2020 - Contests Between Equals: Men and Beasts

Miscellaneous

Academic Resources

Fiction: Initiation Prelude

War

3/21/2018 - The sad and violent history of 'peaceful societies'

4/20/2018 - Head in Hands: Notes on the Extraction and Display of Human Heads

5/24/2018 - Yanomami Warfare: How Much Did Napoleon Chagnon Get Right?

8/9/2018 - Taking a wife

10/21/2018 - Omens of War and the Promise of Prophecy

11/28/2018 - Sex, Revenge, and the Social Fabric

Social Structure

3/18/2018 - Where are the matriarchies? 

3/28/2018 - The Dilemma of the Deserted Husband (and why polygyny is more common than polyandry)

8/23/2018 - Forbidden Utterances: Naming the Dead

5/12/2019 - Sexual Selection Through Mate Choice Does Not Explain the Evolution of Art and Music

7/6/2019 - Eternal Subjugation

1/12/2020 - Ethnographic Evidence Conflicts With The 'Cold Winters' Hypothesis

Primates

6/8/2018 - The Human Penis is Remarkably Boring

11/12/2018 - The Politics of Chimpanzee Societies

12/18/2018 - The Momma's Boy Strategy: Why Bonobo Males Tend Not To Form Coalitions

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