How culture influences violence among the Amazon's ‘fierce people'
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 - 04:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
When Yanomamö men in the Amazon raided villages and killed decades ago, they formed alliances with men in other villages rather than just with close kin like chimpanzees do. And the spoils of war came from marrying their allies’ sisters and daughters, rather than taking their victims’ land and women.