The Biological Determinist (Or Darwinian) View Explains High Rates of Warfare

question 13

Multiple Choice

The biological determinist (or Darwinian) view explains high rates of warfare among the Yanomami by emphasizing

• A)how warfare contributes to land acquisition and higher nutritional status of the winners.
• B)women's role in starting wars through their demand for meat.
• C)that successful warriors have more wives and thus have greater "reproductive success" than other men.
• D)the role of meat availability in regulating nutritional status and group size.
• E)all of the above.

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