Archaeological Evidence Suggests That Hierarchy, Violence, and Aggression

question 7

Multiple Choice

Archaeological evidence suggests that hierarchy, violence, and aggression:

• A) have been key to the evolutionary success of humankind.
• B) emerged relatively recently in human history.
• C) were central to the evolutionary success of early humans.
• D) have always been most prominent in nonindustrialized hunter-gatherer societies.
• E) are the natural state of human culture.

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