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This special issue of Human Nature presents selected works from the 2015 and 2017 “Warfare, Environment, Social Inequality, and Pro-Sociability” (WESIPS) conferences held at the Center for Cross-Cultural Study in Seville, Spain. These investigations explore the manifestations of indigenous warfare and violence from a host of theoretical perspectives. Topics range from the origins of warfare to the psychological repercussions of combat, the relationship between warfare and status, as well as the documentation of peace processes among warring groups. This issue also examines the effects of militarization and coercive conservation on indigenous peoples.
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These selected papers were presented in various stages of development at the aforementioned 2015 or 2017 symposia. Therefore, these articles constitute outgrowths of research findings presented at previous WESIPS Conferences.
Originally, the WESIPS acronym stood for “Warfare, Environment, Social Inequality, and Peace Studies.”
Eventually, this native son of Seville would become known as the “Protector of Indians,” and as Bishop of Chiapas, he publicly debated the influential Spanish philosopher and theologian Sepulveda on the treatment of Amerindians (Casas 1974 [1550]).
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Chacon, R.J., Chacon, Y. Exploring Warfare and Violence from a Cross-Cultural Perspective. Hum Nat 30, 145–148 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-019-09341-9
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