Keith F. Otterbein

Dr. Keith F. Otterbein is an Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University at Buffalo (SUNYAB), in the United States.

Dr. Otterbein is a past president of the Human Relations Area Files and has been a frequent contributor to cross-cultural research, primarily in warfare related topics.

Otterbein is the author of the recent book How War Began (2004), in which he explores the origins of warfare in human society.

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Publications

• The Evolution of Zulu Warfare, 1964, Kansas Journal of Sociology.
• Internal War: A Cross-Cultural Study 1968 American Anthropologist.
• Higi Armed Combat 1978, Southwestern Journal of Anthropology.
• The Evolution of War: A Cross-Cultural Study 1970 HRAF Press, New Haven. (2nd Ed. 1985)
• Killing of Captured Enemies: A Cross-Cultural Study 2000 Current Anthropology.

References

• Keith F. Otterbein
• 978-2-88124-621-0 Feuding and Warfare - Book Review
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