Animal behaviour: Lethal violence deep in the human lineage
Abstract
Researchers estimate that the incidence of human lethal violence at the time of the origin of our species was about six times higher than for the average mammal, but about as violent as expected, given our great-ape ancestry. See Letter p.233
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- October 2016
- DOI:
- 10.1038/nature19474
- Bibcode:
- 2016Natur.538..180P