What is war good for? Sparking civilization, suggest archaeology findings from Peru

Monday, July 25, 2011 - 15:31 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Warfare, triggered by political conflict between the fifth century B.C. and the first century A.D., likely shaped the development of the first settlement that would classify as a civilization in the Titicaca basin of southern Peru, a new UCLA study suggests.

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