#violence

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Interstate conflicts doubled for the second year in a row, from 2 in 2023 to 8 in 2025.
Total armed conflicts involving states reached 65, the highest since 1946.
13 conflicts were classified as wars (over 1,000 battle deaths), the most since 1992.
Approximately 244,600 people died in organized violence in 2025, the second deadliest year since 1994.

DT Editorial Team·Jun 9, 2026·via phys.org

University of Lincoln research challenges the assumption that violence is a hardwired evolutionary trait in humans
Chimpanzee violence comparisons ignore bonobos and fail to account for ecological context driving aggression
Prehistoric skeletal trauma clusters during resource stress, suggesting violence is conditional rather than baseline
Cooperation and social norm enforcement, not aggression, may have been humanity's primary evolutionary adaptation

DT Editorial Team·Mar 22, 2026·via phys.org