Human beings comprise a peculiar species on this planet with their multitude of behaviours, morphologies and proclivities. What we humans all have in common is our deep ancestry, just like all other species that have their own peculiarities. One need not look further than the daily newspaper to find examples of our worst inheritance: humanon-human aggression. It raises the question as to whether such aggression can be tied to our unique evolutionary history, particularly with regard to our

more »

... storic habit of hunting game for food. Questions about the relationship between the evolutionary origins of hunting behaviours and contemporary human aggression have been asked for decades, if not centuries, in one form or another. To dissect the myriad of ideas and hypotheses, none could have done a better job than Travis Rayne Pickering. PUBLISHED: 2013 REVIEW TITLE: Rough and tumble REVIEWER: