Raymond Case Kelly (born February 16, 1942) is an American

cultural anthropologist Cultural anthropology is a branch of anthropology focused on the study of cultural variation among humans. It is in contrast to social anthropology, which perceives cultural variation as a subset of a posited anthropological constant. The portman ...

and

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who has written on the origin of warfare, and on the basis of social inequality in human societies.

Biography

Raymond C. Kelly was born February 16, 1942, in

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. He is the son of Helen Varkala Kelly and Rowland Leigh Kelly. Both attended the

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. He has two daughters by previous marriages.1992 "Marquis Who's Who in the World", 11th ed., 1993-1994., Reed Publishing, New Providence, NJ. He received his bachelor's degree from the

in 1965 and his Ph.D. in

anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of behavi ...

from the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

in 1974. He taught at the University of Michigan for 33 years and retired in 2002. His Ph.D. research was in

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

, where he spent 16 months doing ethnographic research with the

Etoro tribe The Etoro, or Edolo, are a tribe and ethnic group of Papua New Guinea. Their territory comprises the southern slopes of Mt. Sisa, along the southern edge of the central mountain range of New Guinea, near the Papuan Plateau. They are well known am ...

. This research was the basis for many of his publications. He is the author of four books. He was elected to the

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in 2005.

Selected publications

* * (2000) Warless Societies and the Origin of War. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. * (1993) Constructing Inequality: The Fabrication of a Hierarchiy of Virtue Among the Etoro. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. * (1985) The Nuer Conquest: The Structure and Development of an Expansionist System. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. * (1977) Etoro Social Structure: A Study in Structural Contradiction. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

References

External links

(2005) "The Evolution of Lethal Intergroup Violence" PNAS
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