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...book, Constant Battles: The Myth of the Peaceful Noble Savage, Peabody Museum Director of Collections Steven LeBlanc explores the connections between prehistoric warfare and modern military conflicts, which he says are often incorrectly overlooked...
Humans are genetically disposed towards aggressive behavior which can escalate to war, LeBlanc argues, and war has been central to life in both tribal and complex societies. LeBlanc, who also serves as a senior lecturer in the anthropology department, has been interested in prehistoric warfare for many years...
LeBlanc’s work has centered on the American southwest and Turkey. The image of prehistoric tribal groups in these areas as “peaceful noble savages” is widely accepted, LeBlanc says, yet his work has uncovered evidence of ancient wars in both places...
While the group’s infectious and catchy choruses sometimes seem tiringly similar to one another, the crowd at Axis certainly didn’t seem to mind. The 20-somethings that dominated the audience bounced and danced, responding enthusiastically to LeBlanc’s every demand. LeBlanc at several points yelled gleefully to the crowd that there was no better place to be than a Cowboy Mouth concert after a hard week of work; the crowd roared their assent...
After two hours of pouring out his heart and soul, LeBlanc and his boys apologetically brought the night to a close, though not before LeBlanc spent several minutes bidding everyone in the darkened club a fond farewell and ordering them to call their friends the next day to report how kick-ass the show had been...