Communication invitée du thème"Corps blessés, sociétés violentes : Regards croisés sur les violences interindividuelles dans les sociétés du passé"Exploring the emergence of warfare and gendered violence in prehistoric Europe

When Steven Pinker in The Better Angels of our Nature (2011) wrote about an anarchic, prehistoric past steadily moving towards a more peaceful, civilized present he presented a bird’s eye view of human history, an approach that avoided outliers, variations and diversity. The large number of bioarch...

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Tác giả chính: Fibiger, Linda
Định dạng: Article ou chapitre numérique
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Được phát hành: Bulletins et mémoires de la société d’anthropologie de Paris 2026
Truy cập trực tuyến:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Tóm tắt:When Steven Pinker in The Better Angels of our Nature (2011) wrote about an anarchic, prehistoric past steadily moving towards a more peaceful, civilized present he presented a bird’s eye view of human history, an approach that avoided outliers, variations and diversity. The large number of bioarchaeological studies on violence, and prehistoric violence in particular in the last couple of decades has put paid to this illusion of simplicity. We now have numerous regional and large sample size...