Some clues :

Douglas P. Fry : Pacified Past
Azar Gat : Warfare as an Ancient Feature
Robert L. Carneiro : Complexity and State Formation

Was the 20th century one of the most violent in human history ? (with two world wars and numerous other conflicts) ?

i also like the documentary series : “The Ascent of man” from the BBC in 1973 by Jacob Bronowski.

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    23 days ago

    Your answer here is the best one so far for me. Are chimpanzees some of those frequently raiding other groups (tribes) ?

    Better education will always be a major part of the solution … but i don’t think education alone will be sufficient to make us good.

    Like 99% of people you will (probably) disagree with me on the following, but eventually (in 50 years ?), i believe that many people will volunteer to have genetic therapy to decrease their aggressivity and that of their descendants.

    We have to change in a fundamental way since we are still waging wars while climate change will likely kill a majority of us in the next few decades.