A cranial trauma bears witness of a violent death.Credit: Joachim Wahl/University of Tübingen
A cranial trauma bears witness of a violent death.Credit: Joachim Wahl/University of Tübingen
Or Construction accidents.....
Maybe they just dropped block in their head…
Even today the most dangerous jobs in the world are construction jobs and that is with OSHA sticking their noses into every little thing.
Modern US urban areas are is a good example of what uncontrolled tribalism creates. The only thing curious is that they think their discovery is groundbreaking. Hobb pointed this out in 1651 when he observed that life during a state of nature as solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
5.56mm
Friggin union workers.
“Research finds dramatic increase in cranial traumas as the first cities were being built, suggesting a rise in violence”
A. analogous to experiments of rats packed together in crowded living conditions ...
B. building materials laying about make for impulsively handy cudgels ...
Thanks for posting this reality re violence in ancient tribal areas/cities is/was not something new in our history.
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Ancestry.com has released some new DNA data and possible traits of our ancestors.
I have a little African DNA from 2 distinct tribes.
One tribe was very family oriented:
Family life in Benin and Togo is/was centered around the extended family, which includes grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. The extended family is highly valued and plays an important role in the upbringing of children.
Children are expected to show respect to their elders and to help with household chores.
In both countries, the father is traditionally the head of the household, and the mother is responsible for the day-to-day care of the children. However, in recent years, there has been a shift towards more gender equality, and women are increasingly taking on leadership roles in the family and in society.
In rural areas, families often live in compounds, which are made up of several houses surrounding a central courtyard. This allows for close-knit family relationships and shared resources.
Religion also plays a significant role in family life, with many families practicing traditional African religions or Christianity. Religious ceremonies and festivals are important occasions for families to come together and celebrate.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PYZOG8GEAx7ACAOlzR379zZMUPOotSA1ATzX4Cl4RNU/edit
The other tribal ancestors were more likely to capture you and sell you.
The first tribal folk were in my maternal DNA, and we loved our family members.
The other tribal DNA on my Dad’s side probably would have captured us/you and sold us/you.
A totally invalid study. There is no control group study cited. For example, Indian tribes of the west had no big cities; yet they were continually raiding each other`s villages and killing each other off, stealing hostages etc., espcially after they had horses. Comanches especially were very efficient at killing off all their Indian neighbors, leaving sometimes no survivors. They took no prisoners. They had the whole Great Plains to themselves after a few years of death by tomahawk etc. skull cracking etc.
These researchers have to go back and take “Methods of Ancient Anthropological Population Research 101’ .. .My cat is smarter than these morons.
Sorry I don’t speak academic: what does “interpersonal violence” mean?
Cities have almost always been schitties. They are necessary for protection (well, they were, not so much now), technological progress, and for large scale education, but I have always brought social problems with them. They are most assuredly a mixed blessing, and they’re not going anywhere.
Josephus wrote two works that are now well organized at:
https://www.biblestudytools.com/history/flavius-josephus/
- “The Antiquities of the Jews”
- “War of the Jews”
In those works, are many details re the waxing and waning of tragedies and violence in ancient times.
A reader might save a lot of time, by beginning at:
Book 5 of the “War of the Jews:”
https://www.biblestudytools.com/history/flavius-josephus/war-of-the-jews/book-5/
Not well explained by the author.
That is the same camp according to anthropologists. Its not exactly a secret of requiring advanced degrees to understand. We have a society. Society has rules. The rules say I cant hit you in the head with a rock because the rest of you will gang up and hit me in the head with a rock. That doesnt mean that the desire to do violence entirely disappears, its just suppressed. When recognized authority becomes corrupt, weak, or capricious then authority begins to lose control. The first to rise up are young males. Authority must tame them by directing that energy toward "the other". If authority fails to release that pressure then revolution consumes authority in the most violent way available. Violence discharged and satiated, society can reform.
