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Born of Violence: The Neanderthal Extinction, Genocide and Colonisation

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A Criminology of the Human Species

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In this chapter, we imagine how the unique human capacities of the opposable thumb and the precision of our brain have enabled us to imagine and (physically) bring about progress. However, these same capacities have also allowed us to exploit and annihilate other human beings and human-like species on a mass scale. Specifically, the Neanderthal. At the core of this ability is our capacity to imaginatively dehumanise others and use this dehumanisation to justify and eventually materialise genocide and colonisation.

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Eski, Y. (2023). Born of Violence: The Neanderthal Extinction, Genocide and Colonisation. In: A Criminology of the Human Species. Palgrave Studies in Green Criminology. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36092-3_3

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