Our prehistoric ancestors were very violent and used to kill to survive, is it still neccesary to kill?

Question

Our prehistoric ancestors were very violent and used to kill to survive, is it still neccesary to kill?

Answer 1

Sorry to ruin your impression of neandrathal man but as it was they were not really violent. They did not even get close to a fraction of the violence that modern man commits, even in proportion. But other than that yea, man needs to kill till you figure out how to grow clothes and eat veggies alive. lol

Answer 2

you don't watch the news much do you?

Answer 3

Taken at face value, the answer to your question is "Yes."

For example, in order to survive, one must eat. Even a vegetarian kills some plants for food. Harvesting cotton kills the plant so that it can be woven into cloth.

So the answer to your question (as asked) is yes - it is necessary to kill to survive. But violence is not necessary. This is proven by aboriginal peoples that can go generations without committing a violent act and they survive quite nicely.

Answer 4

Euthanasia is still a form sometimes accepted. Is it necessary to allow it or use it is up to the people asking for it or prescribing it. Also to the government in control of the prescriber's license and the patient's health care.

Animals are sacrificed in some culture's meaning they are prayed to before the hunt, so not just killed.

It is not necessary to kill, and people needing animal foods to survive should start respecting the animals in sacrificial ways.

War is not necessary and those that resort to it seriously are the ones totally lacking anger management skills and peace. Otherwise like the 911 bombings, war as war is spontaneous or you lose your chance of making your point.

Answer 5

If you mean is it necessary to kill our fellow human beings, then I would say yes, but not often.  

We are supposed to be a "civilized" society, meaning we treat each other with respect, and value each other, rather than committing violence against each other to settle disputes or grudges.  

But, there are certain times when it is necessary to kill each other---in self-defense, or in wartime, assuming the war is a just war.  

Much as we hate killing, sometimes we must do so in order to protect ourselves, our family or friends, or our country.

Answer 6

Who or what gave you this impression?

Our "prehistoric ancestors" killed animals to survive.  They rarely, if at all, killed for sports.  Plus at least did not have to fear weapons of mass distruction.  

If you think of it has any thing changed since then?  I mean we save lives by developing new medications and threatments for all these diseases which would have been problematic for our "prehistoric ancestors".  In the end however we equally kill an equal if not more of the amount of people we have saved through advanced warfare.



* Lets say 100 people died during prehistoric time and in our Modern time and we wanted to know the cause of death.  I think it will go something like this:

Prehistoric Cause of death (War vs. sickness)

War------------------10 people

Sickness-----------90 people

Modern time Cause of Death (War vs. Sickness)

War-------------------98 people

Sickness------------2 people

Answer 7

I am a firm believer in social Darwinism.  Although I would never kill anyone in cold blood I still think there are a substantial number of people that our species would be better off without.