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Human evolution and the origins of hierarchies : the state of nature
- Title
- Human evolution and the origins of hierarchies : the state of nature / Benoît Dubreuil.
- Author
- Dubreuil, Benoît, 1979-
- Publication
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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Details
- Description
- xv, 271 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "In this book, Benoît Dubreuil explores the creation and destruction of hierarchies in human evolution. Combining the methods of archeology, 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 implied increased social differentiation, the creation of status hierarchies, and, eventually, political centralization"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- A passion for equality? -- Reversing dominance hierarchies -- Homo sapiens in perspective -- Hierarchy without the state -- The origins of the state -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- JFE 10-4308
- ISBN
- 9780521769488 (hardback)
- 0521769485 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2010024850
- OCLC
- 643082025
- Author
- Dubreuil, Benoît, 1979-
- Title
- Human evolution and the origins of hierarchies : the state of nature / Benoît Dubreuil.
- Imprint
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 10-4308