The Male Warrior Hypothesis: The Evolutionary Psychology of Intergroup Conflict, Tribal Aggression, and Warfare

The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Violence, Homicide, and War

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Van Vugt, Mark ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coalitional aggression; Intergroup relations; Sex differences; Social identity; Warfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925017856     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199738403.013.0017     Document Type: Chapter

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