According to the researchers, the proportion of human deaths predicted to be caused by interpersonal violence stands at 2%.
“Although I pointed all this out in The Better Angels of our Nature, they have done it with much greater precision and depth,” he concludes.
Being highly social and territorial sparks greater levels of violenceThe researchers then went on to analyze the levels of violence in relation to the type of government in power.
“The 2% is more or less the percentage that corresponds to our phylogenetic roots,” says José María Gómez of Granada University.
Meanwhile, violent deaths among humans in medieval times accounted for around 12% of the total.
Fuente: http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/10/03/inenglish/1475506389_616821.html
