War arose recently, anthropologists contend
Study of hunter-gatherers finds few lethal raids on opposing groups
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A cross-cultural analysis found that nomadic hunter-gatherer populations rarely organize to attack other groups, with the exception of members of Australia's indigenous Tiwi society (shown).
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