Who could have imagined just a few years ago that war could once again become a central threat to our world?
What makes people kill other people?
To find out, we need to research the evolutionary roots of violence and aggression and reconstruct their proliferation throughout human history. Using case histories, the three authors combine findings from archaeology, evolutionary anthropology and the religious and historical sciences to show in this human history of violence the conditions under which war, murder and manslaughter occur. And how we can prevent this in the future.