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José María Gómez1,2, Miguel Verdú3, Adela González-Megías4
1Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas (EEZA-CSIC), E-04120 Almería, Spain.
Nature
|September 30, 2016
Resumen
La violencia humana tiene profundas raíces evolutivas, con un análisis filogenético que predice el 2% de las muertes por agresión conspecífica. Este nivel se alinea con los mamíferos ancestrales y los primeros humanos, aunque los cambios históricos están vinculados a la organización social.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología evolutiva
- Antropología
- Ecología del comportamiento
Sus antecedentes:
- Las raíces evolutivas y filogenéticas de la violencia conspecífica humana siguen siendo un tema de amplio debate.
- Comprender la agresión requiere examinar su profunda historia filogenética en los mamíferos.
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