On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 11:40:16 -0400, Todd Moody
<[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/09/28/yanomamo/print.html
In this view, the most aggressive "winners" in prehistory
had the most sex with the most women, and passed on their superior
fighting genes to the largest number of children. As a
corollary, this theory says that our evolution was driven by
hierarchical
processes, so that the most "natural" human social
system is one of dominance rather than cooperation.
This doesn't make much sense. As a paleoman I would have chosen to
stay out of trouble, not go join the "army", and survive longer.
Philip Thrift
http://www.paleofitness.com