%0 Journal Article
%T Inter-group violence among early Holocene hunter-gatherers of West Turkana, Kenya
%J Nature
%D 2016
%A Mirazón Lahr, M.
%A Rivera, F.
%A Power, R. K.
%A Mounier, A.
%A Copsey, B.
%A Crivellaro, F.
%A Edung, J. E.
%A Maillo Fernandez, J. M.
%A Kiarie, C.
%A Lawrence, J.
%A Leakey, A.
%A Mbua, E.
%A Miller, H.
%A Muigai, A.
%A Mukhongo, D. M.
%A Van Baelen, A.
%A Wood, R.
%A Schwenninger, J-l
%A Grün, R.
%A Achyuthan, H.
%A Wilshaw, A.
%A Foley, R. A.
%V 529
%N 7586
%P 394-398
%X The nature of inter-group relations among prehistoric hunter-gatherers remains disputed, with arguments in favour and against the existence of warfare before the development of sedentary societies. Here we report on a case of inter-group violence towards a group of hunter-gatherers from Nataruk, west of Lake Turkana, which during the late Pleistocene/early Holocene period extended about 30 km beyond its present-day shore. Ten of the twelve articulated skeletons found at Nataruk show evidence of having died violently at the edge of a lagoon, into which some of the bodies fell. The remains from Nataruk are unique, preserved by the particular conditions of the lagoon with no evidence of deliberate burial. They offer a rare glimpse into the life and death of past foraging people, and evidence that warfare was part of the repertoire of inter-group relations among prehistoric hunter-gatherers.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group
%@ 0028-0836
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature16477