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Hierarchy in the forest : the evolution of egalitarian behavior / Christopher Boehm.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boehm, Christopher.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human evolution.
- Social evolution.
- Hunting and gathering societies.
- Primates--Evolution.
- Primates.
- Social evolution in animals.
- Political anthropology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 292 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Are humans by nature hierarchical or egalitarian? Hierarchy in the Forest addresses this question by examining the evolutionary origins of social and political behaviour.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- 1 The Question of Egalitarian Society
- 2 Hierarchy and Equality
- 3 Putting Down Aggressors
- 4 Equality and Its Causes
- 5 A Wider View of Egalitarianism
- 6 The Hominoid Political Spectrum
- 7 Ancestral Politics
- 8 The Evolution of Egalitarian Society
- 9 Paleolithic Politics and Natural Selection
- 10 Ambivalence and Compromise in Human Nature
- References
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-280) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674262133
- 0674262131
- 9780674028449
- 0674028449
- OCLC:
- 1243311449
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