De los últimos 34,000 años de historia registrada  por la humanindad, solo 268 de ellos han sido de paz. En los demás, siempre ha existido una guerra de por medio en algún lugar del mundo.
Si un día entran en el debate sobre si el ser humano es agresivo o pacífico por naturaleza, muestren estos datos y déjense de falacias moralistas. Si, a todos nos gustan creer que que la verdad es siempre lo que mas nos parece correcto. Pero no, no somos unn especie pacífica. Ni modo.

Comencemos por aceptarlo (como los alcohólicos)…

What is a war? War is defined as an active conflict that has claimed more than 1,000 lives.Has the world ever been at peace?

Of the past 3,400 years, humans have been entirely at peace for 268 of them…

That is just 8 percent of recorded history.

How many people have died in war?
At least 108 million people were killed in wars in the twentieth century. Estimates for the total number killed in wars throughout all of human history range from 150 million to 1 billion. War has several other effects on population, including decreasing the birthrate by taking men away from their wives. The reduced birthrate during World War II is estimated to have caused a population deficit of more than 20 million people.

How many wars are taking place right now?
At the beginning of 2003 there were 30 wars going on around the world. These included conflicts in Afghanistan, Algeria, Burundi, China, Colombia, the Congo, India, Indonesia, Israel, Iraq, Liberia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Russia, Somalia, Sudan, and Uganda.

Is there a genetic reason why we fight?
There is no single “war gene.” Combinations of genes can predispose a person to violence. However, aggression is a product of biology and environment. In America, sources of aggressive dispositions include domestic violence, the portrayal of violence in the media, threats from enemies, and combat training…

http://nyti.ms/1ixzsng

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