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How Local Institutions Tamed Warfare in Papua New Guinea (1 of 5)

Caption: Young men emerging from traditional bachelors’ cults to discipline and educate youth. Most bachelors’ cults were discontinued in the 1970s. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the September 28, 2012, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Polly Wiessner at University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Nitze Pupu at Enga Take Anda in Papua New Guinea was titled, “Toward Peace: Foreign Arms and Indigenous Institutions in a Papua New Guinea Society.”

Credit: [Polly Wiessner]

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