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The intertwined nature of peace and war

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 January 2024

Bonaventura Majolo Open the ORCID record for Bonaventura Majolo [Opens in a new window]
Bonaventura Majolo*
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School of Psychology, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK bmajolo@lincoln.ac.uk; https://staff.lincoln.ac.uk/bmajolo
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Abstract

Glowacki discusses how humans regularly face collective action problems that may result in either peaceful or aggressive between-group interactions. Peace and war probably coevolved in humans. Using a gene–culture evolutionary framework is a powerful way to analyse why, when, and how humans have the capacity to build and maintain long-term peaceful interactions between groups and also to wage deadly wars.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 47 , 2024 , e17
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