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The importance of raiding ecology and sex differences in offensive and defensive warfare

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2019

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Anthony C. Lopez*
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School of Politics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, Washington State University, Vancouver, WA 98686. Anthony.c.lopez@wsu.eduhttps://labs.wsu.edu/evolutionary-politics/
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Abstract

De Dreu and Gross offer a compelling synthesis of a growing literature on the psychology of attack and defense. I argue that human raiding ecology suggests the need to endogenize attacker-defender move order as well as opportunities for tactical mismatch available to defenders. Perhaps most significantly, I draw attention to the surprising lacunae in sex differences across attack and defense.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e129
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