Human evolution and the origins of hierarchies : the state of nature / Benoît Dubreuil.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dubreuil, Benoît, 1979- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human evolution.

Hierarchies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 271 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Human Evolution & the Origins of Hierarchies

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Introduction

A passion for equality?

Reversing dominance hierarchies

Homo sapiens in perspective

Hierarchy without the state

The origins of the state

Conclusion.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-511-85259-2

1-107-20939-0

1-282-91871-0

9786612918711

0-511-93140-9

0-511-93274-X

0-511-92755-X

0-511-92501-8

0-511-78003-6

0-511-93006-2

OCLC:

689997269