Explaining De Waal's definition, Group A used an act of aggression to secure and maintain the waterhole. Interpreting this definition, Group A had the opportunity and motive to overthrow Group B, and as influential as they were, it is unlikely Group B will return.
             Lasswell's definition of politics applies to the waterhole dispute. When Group A took the waterhole back, they decided who got what, when, and how.
             Group A demonstrated the pursuit and exercise of power by overthrowing Group B. Group A exercised their new-found knowledge by using objects as weapons.
             The resolution of conflict between Group A and B has not been resolved; however, Group A has resolved their own problem with an act of aggression.
             Danziger's definition is the allocation of things that are valued. The waterhole is of extreme value to Group A, so Group A took it back from Group B.
             When Louei and Ginsberg state that politics is the character, membership, and policies of any organization to which people belong, in a crude way this applies to both the groups. In Group A, one ape seems to have learned the art of war-far by himself and leads the rest of the group. The policies may be purely instinctual at this point in the coming of man but it is definitely present.
             Hummel and Isaak's definition of politics is obvious in Group A. Group A relieves tension between their needs for survival inside their own group but not with Group B.
             Self-interested human interaction is hard for me to apply to the Dawn of Man. There is interaction between the two groups but it seemed as if it was not self-interested but a necessity for survival.
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