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Is warfare as old as humanity? Are we an inherently violent species?How would we know? Signs of warfare appear as soon as we begancrafting our earliest written records several thousand years ago. Butwhat can we see beyond that literary horizon? This lecture highlightsanthropological research to contemplate warfare’s antiquity andorigins, providing a glimpse into past contexts of organized violencein the deeper recesses of humanity’s past. We will take a tour aroundthe world, considering select cases across space and time, from theIce Ages to the present day. The lecture explores the evidence forvaried manifestations of war and what those data can reveal aboutour shared past, our evolution as a species, and our prospects forpeace.