Question

Chagnon argues that the size of a Yanomamo village is a response to both internal and external pressures. A village must be large enough to defend itself from attack, but small enough to minimize the internal conflict that leads to:_________.

Answer 1

Fissioning is the correct answer.

According to Chagnon, the size of the village is very important since the village has to be large enough to defend itself from external attacks and small enough to avoid internal conflicts that lead to fissioning. By using the word fissioning, Chagnon meant that every village had its own version of genealogies and events.