Conflict can profoundly affect individuals and their groups. Oftentimes, conflict involves a
clash between one side seeking change and increased gains through victory and the other …

The origins of warfare have long been of interest for researchers across disciplines. Did our
earliest ancestors engage in forms of organized violence that are appropriately viewed as …

Abstract The contribution by De Dreu and Gross oversimplifies the complexity of the topic. I
provide counterarguments that undermine the two swee** contentions on which the …

Understanding the influence of climate change and population pressure on human conflict
remains a critically important topic in the social sciences. Long-term records that evaluate …

An ethnographic exploration of technoscientific immortality Immortality has long been
considered the domain of religion. But immortality projects have gained increasing …

Predictions of global irrigated areas are widely used to guide strategies that aim to secure
environmental welfare and manage climate change. Here we show that these predictions …

Throughout the history of archaeology, researchers have evaluated human societies in
terms of systems and systems interactions. Complex systems theory (CST), which emerged …

One of the most persistent debates in anthropology and related disciplines has been over
the relative weight of aggression and competition versus nonaggression and cooperation as …

Climate change can adversely affect population health by limiting resource availability.
Climate shocks may cause resource shortfalls directly via declining economic productivity …

The causes of prehistoric inter-group violence have been a subject of long-standing debate
in archaeology, anthropology, and other disciplines. Although population pressure has been …