Bone fragments and weapons, as well as destroyed settlements and mass graves, can tell archeologists a lot about the violence of the past. But when did humanity first embrace organized killing — and why?
Author: Urs Willmann
He was born in Switzerland. After a few semesters of German and film studies, he was drawn to journalism. He graduated from the Ringier School of Journalism, founded a press office and worked as an editor for the news magazine “Facts”. In 1998 he joined ZEIT. He crosses the boundaries of topics and writes about archaeology, mountains, sport and beer. In his online column “Gegen” he describes the phenomenon of the Hamburg militant football club FC St. Pauli .