Human Evolution and the Origins of Hierarchies

Human Evolution and the Origins of Hierarchies
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
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ISBN-10 : 9781139491310
ISBN-13 : 1139491318
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Book Synopsis Human Evolution and the Origins of Hierarchies by : Benoît Dubreuil

Download or read book Human Evolution and the Origins of Hierarchies written by Benoît Dubreuil and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-09-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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