On this subject, I recommend reading "The Chalice and the Blade." It posits the idea that there was a lot less violence in human history than contemporary male (and male identified) historians would have us believe. The author makes a compelling argument. Too long to go into here. Suffice it to say that the records used as proof of there being a lot of violence in early human history in particular is characterized as hammers seeing nails. She points out that what have been seen as weapons painted on cave walls, for example, are really leaves. So from the CHALICE perspective there is a lot more violence now than there ever was. Either way, "we should work to end the appalling violence in our time."
On this subject, I recommend reading "The Chalice and the Blade." It posits the idea that there was a lot less violence in human history than contemporary male (and male identified) historians would have us believe. The author makes a compelling argument. Too long to go into here. Suffice it to say that the records used as proof of there being a lot of violence in early human history in particular is characterized as hammers seeing nails. She points out that what have been seen as weapons painted on cave walls, for example, are really leaves. So from the CHALICE perspective there is a lot more violence now than there ever was. Either way, "we should work to end the appalling violence in our time."