Human Evolution and the Origins of Hierarchies

The State of Nature

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Archaeology, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, History
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Author: Benoît Dubreuil ISBN: 9780511852596
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: September 6, 2010
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Benoît Dubreuil
ISBN: 9780511852596
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: September 6, 2010
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

In this book, Benoît Dubreuil explores the creation and destruction of hierarchies in human evolution. Combining the methods of archaeology, anthropology, cognitive neuroscience and primatology, he offers a natural history of hierarchies from the point of view of both cultural and biological evolution. This volume explains why dominance hierarchies typical of primate societies disappeared in the human lineage and why the emergence of large-scale societies during the Neolithic period implied increased social differentiation, the creation of status hierarchies, and, eventually, political centralisation.

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In this book, Benoît Dubreuil explores the creation and destruction of hierarchies in human evolution. Combining the methods of archaeology, anthropology, cognitive neuroscience and primatology, he offers a natural history of hierarchies from the point of view of both cultural and biological evolution. This volume explains why dominance hierarchies typical of primate societies disappeared in the human lineage and why the emergence of large-scale societies during the Neolithic period implied increased social differentiation, the creation of status hierarchies, and, eventually, political centralisation.

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