Emergent Warfare in Our Evolutionary Past

Nam C. Kim is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. Marc Kissel is a Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, USA.

• Foreword – Lawrence H. Keeley 1. Peering into the Abyss 2. Dropping into the Rabbit Hole 3. The Recent, the Ancient, and the Very Ancient Past 4. The Ice Age World 5. Insights from Genomic Research 6. The Onset of Human Variability and Emergent Warfare 7. The Durability of Peace 8. There and Back Again

"Kim is an anthropo-logical archaeologist, Kissel a paleoanthropologist, and together they have put together a survey of war and its origins that is more authoritative and comprehensive than any work currently on the market."- Paul Roscoe, Department of Anthropology, University of Maine, Orono, USA"An innovative and clearly written text, in which readers will find much to contemplate. It undoubtedly will be appreciated for years to come." - Douglas P. Fry, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA