Will humans wage war as long as we exist? Since the beginning of time, humans have engaged in war, spilling blood of millions. As humans become more modern, will we still carry the habit of warfare? Is war in our blood? These questions can be answered if we look into our past. Warfare shows many of our advancements and instincts, such as human evolution, territorial and population issues, and reasons why humans must fight.
Is it part of human evolution to create wars? Our ancestors, chimpanzees, are known to engage in conflicts, very similar to humans. In “Are We Hard-Wired for War?” David Barash states, “While it is plausible that Homo sapiens owed much of its rapid brain evolution to natural selection’s favoring individuals that were smart …show more content…
Even though it is great to have a more manpower, it is also more mouths to feed and more land needed for shelter. In “Is War Inevitable?” E. O. Wilson explained, “A population of chimpanzees or humans is always prone to grow exponentially when resources are abundant, but after a few generations even in the best of times it is forced to slow down.” As humans became larger groups of people and have larger amounts of resources, Wilson emphasizes that food was becoming a limiting factor. The Agricultural revolution began to yield larger amounts of food increasing the population according to Wilson. After many generations humans began reaching again for new lands because of their limited supplies. Humans started showing their roots, fighting for territories in order to survive, invading each other’s homes. The British started colonies in the new world to start sending raw materials across the ocean because they knew soon their rising population would soon run short on food. Native Americans were not very pleased with new settlers invading their territory and many wars were taken place, killing many on both sides. Even though the British were wealthy of resources all beginning come to an end, and they needed to fight again for territory if they wanted to survive. Every group of humans is limited to a carrying capacity and can only provide so much before they need to scramble for
Is it part of human evolution to create wars? Our ancestors, chimpanzees, are known to engage in conflicts, very similar to humans. In “Are We Hard-Wired for War?” David Barash states, “While it is plausible that Homo sapiens owed much of its rapid brain evolution to natural selection’s favoring individuals that were smart …show more content…
Even though it is great to have a more manpower, it is also more mouths to feed and more land needed for shelter. In “Is War Inevitable?” E. O. Wilson explained, “A population of chimpanzees or humans is always prone to grow exponentially when resources are abundant, but after a few generations even in the best of times it is forced to slow down.” As humans became larger groups of people and have larger amounts of resources, Wilson emphasizes that food was becoming a limiting factor. The Agricultural revolution began to yield larger amounts of food increasing the population according to Wilson. After many generations humans began reaching again for new lands because of their limited supplies. Humans started showing their roots, fighting for territories in order to survive, invading each other’s homes. The British started colonies in the new world to start sending raw materials across the ocean because they knew soon their rising population would soon run short on food. Native Americans were not very pleased with new settlers invading their territory and many wars were taken place, killing many on both sides. Even though the British were wealthy of resources all beginning come to an end, and they needed to fight again for territory if they wanted to survive. Every group of humans is limited to a carrying capacity and can only provide so much before they need to scramble for