It has often been claimed that interpersonal violence—which includes assault, killing and torture—has declined over millennia.
An analysis of thousands of ancient skeletons has revealed intriguing details about the history of violence millennia ago, specifically in the Middle East.A study published in the journal Nature Human Behavior documents evidence showing that interpersonal violence in the region during the pre-Classical period fluctuated over time, peaking roughly 4,500 to 3,300 years ago.
'Indeed, the scholarship on the origins of warfare split into two major factions: the so-called 'pacified past' group or 'doves'—thinking that violence in human history picked up only after the Agricultural Revolution and the rise of states; and the other viewing warfare as pervasive in prehistory, that is the 'hawks.
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