The phylogenetic roots of human lethal violence

José María Gómez (), Miguel Verdú, Adela González-Megías and Marcos Méndez
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José María Gómez: Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas (EEZA-CSIC)
Miguel Verdú: Centro de Investigaciones sobre Desertificación (CSIC-UV-GV)
Adela González-Megías: Dpto de Zoología, Universidad de Granada
Marcos Méndez: Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Nature, 2016, vol. 538, issue 7624, 233-237

Abstract: The percentage of human deaths caused by interpersonal violence reflects our membership of a particularly violent clade of mammals, although changes in socio-political organization have led to marked variations in this proportion.

Date: 2016
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