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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
The Role of Rewards in Motivating Participation in Simple Warfare
Human Nature, Volume 24, No. 4, Year 2013
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Description
In the absence of explicit punitive sanctions, why do individuals voluntarily participate in intergroup warfare when doing so incurs a mortality risk? Here we consider the motivation of individuals for participating in warfare. We hypothesize that in addition to other considerations, individuals are incentivized by the possibility of rewards. We test a prediction of this "cultural rewards war-risk hypothesis" with ethnographic literature on warfare in small-scale societies. We find that a greater number of benefits from warfare is associated with a higher rate of death from conflict. This provides preliminary support for the relationship between rewards and participation in warfare. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York.
Authors & Co-Authors
Glowacki, Luke
United States, Salem
Peabody Essex Museum
Wrangham, Richard W.
United States, Salem
Peabody Essex Museum
Statistics
Citations: 95
Authors: 2
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s12110-013-9178-8
ISSN:
10456767
Study Design
Ethnographic Study
Study Approach
Qualitative