ABSTRACT
Historically, ethnic groups such as tribes or ethnic nations have followed the palaeolithic pattern of the small individualized groups. They have defined themselves as solidarity groups, demarcated from others and competing with others for land and other limited resources. As in the case of the primitive raiding strategy, organized inter-group conflict continued for most of history to aim at the destruction or subordination of competing groups, Those which were more efficient in their social techniques to unite people into larger groups thus recruiting more males for attack and deft~nce -- had an advantage owr others less efficient in this respect.
