Yanomamo, the fierce people
Book • 1968
This book is an ethnographic study of the Yanomami people of the Amazon, conducted by Napoleon Chagnon.
It describes their culture as 'fierce,' emphasizing their involvement in inter-village and intra-village conflicts.
Chagnon explores their dynamics of warfare, strategies, and motivations, as well as the impact of violence on their social structures.
The book also details their cultural practices, environment, tool manufacture, diet, social and political structures, and cosmology.
Chagnon's work uses an evolutionary approach to understand social behavior in terms of genetic relatedness, arguing that successful warriors have more offspring, thus contributing to the spread of genes associated with fierceness.
It describes their culture as 'fierce,' emphasizing their involvement in inter-village and intra-village conflicts.
Chagnon explores their dynamics of warfare, strategies, and motivations, as well as the impact of violence on their social structures.
The book also details their cultural practices, environment, tool manufacture, diet, social and political structures, and cosmology.
Chagnon's work uses an evolutionary approach to understand social behavior in terms of genetic relatedness, arguing that successful warriors have more offspring, thus contributing to the spread of genes associated with fierceness.
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