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Chicup · 09-02-2008, 02:22 PM

War is natural.

Chimps go to war frequently, and many animals kill there own kind for food/sex, which is what its all about.

Most of the HEAVY poly societies like the ancient Inca did not have an population imbalance due to war, but a stability which lead to concentrations of central authority and to MASSIVE polygamy, with 100's and 1000's of women for the elite. I forget the numbers but a village head was allowed 10 wives, and it went up to the 10's of thousands for the emperor. Anyone not political was pretty much out of luck.

What this does do though, is allow those 'spare' males to be used for war, and their motivation is women.

This is not unremarked on today.

I have a Taiwanese friend who looks at China with their surplus of young, unmarried, males as a source of potential danger. He might not be an evolutionary biologist but he can see the obvious.

09-02-2008, 02:22 PM	#17 (permalink)
Chicup Not a potential *** Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 4,093 Location: Under the bed Status: Tired	Re: Why shiver my timbers - IT is Natural! War is natural. Chimps go to war frequently, and many animals kill there own kind for food/sex, which is what its all about. Most of the HEAVY poly societies like the ancient Inca did not have an population imbalance due to war, but a stability which lead to concentrations of central authority and to MASSIVE polygamy, with 100's and 1000's of women for the elite. I forget the numbers but a village head was allowed 10 wives, and it went up to the 10's of thousands for the emperor. Anyone not political was pretty much out of luck. What this does do though, is allow those 'spare' males to be used for war, and their motivation is women. This is not unremarked on today. I have a Taiwanese friend who looks at China with their surplus of young, unmarried, males as a source of potential danger. He might not be an evolutionary biologist but he can see the obvious.