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Evolutionary anthropology

the hypothesis that lethal intergroup aggression is favored when attackers can kill rivals at low risk because they greatly outnumber them.

In evolutionary anthropology, imbalance of power hypothesis refers to the hypothesis that lethal intergroup aggression is favored when attackers can kill rivals at low risk because they greatly outnumber them. This meaning comes from Wrangham (1999) in American Journal of Physical Anthropology.[1]

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  1. Wrangham, R. W. (1999). Evolution of coalitionary killing. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 110(S29), 1-30. https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1096-8644(1999)110:29+<1::aid-ajpa2>3.0.co;2-e

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