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Has humanity become more prone to war over time? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

In recent years? Yeah. Conflicts around the world rose by 40% between 2020 and 2022 and another 12% from 2022 to 2023. However, before this drastic uptick, conflicts around the world were on a downward trend.

[–] JohnDClay 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Until 2022 it had been going down since WWII.

armed conflicts

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Your graphic doesn't go past 2011.

[–] JohnDClay 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I couldn't find that exact graph to the 2020s, but here are some more.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Thanks. That last graph seems the most relevant. Kind of wild how the regions changed so drastically in the last couple years there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Dear Sir (Wolf) 🇰 🔵 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️,
... looking at my avatar you might guess I'm a smiling radioactive citrus myself 😋.

The rapid changes you are discussing would be of the cultural kind but I might have made my question differently and ask more about possible genetic changes (or long term changes).

Thanks for your contribution to this discussion. I will be happy to read you in other posts and comments.