TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Inter-group violence among early Holocene hunter-gatherers of West Turkana, Kenya
JO  - Nature
A1  - Mirazón Lahr, M.
A1  - Rivera, F.
A1  - Power, R. K.
A1  - Mounier, A.
A1  - Copsey, B.
A1  - Crivellaro, F.
A1  - Edung, J. E.
A1  - Maillo Fernandez, J. M.
A1  - Kiarie, C.
A1  - Lawrence, J.
A1  - Leakey, A.
A1  - Mbua, E.
A1  - Miller, H.
A1  - Muigai, A.
A1  - Mukhongo, D. M.
A1  - Van Baelen, A.
A1  - Wood, R.
A1  - Schwenninger, J-l
A1  - Grün, R.
A1  - Achyuthan, H.
A1  - Wilshaw, A.
A1  - Foley, R. A.
SP  - 394
EP  - 398
VL  - 529
IS  - 7586
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0028-0836
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature16477
ID  - ref1
ER  -