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Why (Mostly) Men Trophy Hunt: a Biocultural Explanation
Werner, Maximilian
http://www.counterpunch.org/2018/11/20/why-mostly-men-trophy-hunt-a-biocultural-explanation/Date Written: 2018-11-20 Publisher: CounterPunch Year Published: 2018 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX23088 A review of several studies offering insights into the biological basis of human behavior, specifically trophy hunting, and the biologically responsive strategies for changing it. Abstract: -- Excerpt: After finding the current hypotheses for why men trophy hunt (for meat, recreation, population control, among other apparent benefits) incomplete or implausible, ['Why men trophy hunt', a paper by Evolutionary Anthropologists Brian Codding and Kristen Hawkes, and Chris Darimont, a Conservation Scientist at the University of Victoria] offers an evolutionary explanation for what they describe as this “perplexing activity.” Subject Headings |