You are probably familiar with it, but for those who aren’t, this is a truly great book.
http://www.troynovant.com/Franson/Keeley/War-Before-Civilization.html
“Indigenous peoples” were not only not more peaceful than their “civilized” conquerors, they were far more lethal.
I’ve always wondered what moderns think would happen when one of their “peaceful primitive societies” came into contact with a warlike primitive society.
Luckily, we don’t have to speculate. It ain’t pretty.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moriori_people
Yeah,IIRC that book first introduced me to the SW tribes’ peaceful habit of slaughtering people and eating the marrow from their bones.
Scary stuff, when one considers it carefully!