Inter-group violence among early Holocene hunter-gatherers of West Turkana, Kenya

Nature

Volumn 529, Issue 7586, 2016, Pages 394-398

  Lahr, M Mirazón ^a,b   Rivera, F ^a   Power, R K ^a   Mounier, A ^a   Copsey, B ^a   Crivellaro, F ^a   Edung, J E ^c   Fernandez, J M Maillo ^d   Kiarie, C ^b   Lawrence, J ^a   Leakey, A ^b   Mbua, E ^c   Miller, H ^a   Muigai, A ^e   Mukhongo, D M ^a   Van Baelen, A ^a   Wood, R ^f   Schwenninger, J L ^g   Grun R ^f,h   Achyuthan, H ⁱ   Wilshaw, A ^a   Foley, R A ^a,b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Turkana Basin Institute   (Kenya)

^c INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^e JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; HUNTER-GATHERER; LAGOON; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; PREHISTORIC; SOCIAL CONFLICT; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORAGING; HOLOCENE; HUMAN; HUNTER GATHERER; INTERGROUP VIOLENCE; LAGOON; MALE; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON; UPPER PLEISTOCENE; VIOLENCE; WARFARE; ADOLESCENT; ARCHEOLOGY; CHILD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROUP PROCESS; HISTORY; INJURIES; INJURY; KENYA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKULL;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE TURKANA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARCHAEOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; SKELETON; SKULL; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84955261071     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature16477     Document Type: Article

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