Human evolution and the origins of hierarchies : the state of nature /

Human evolution and the origins of hierarchies : the state of nature /

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Dubreuil, Benoît, 1979-
Imprint:	New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 271 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Human evolution. Hierarchies. Hierarchies. Human evolution. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11826778

Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:	9780511932748 051193274X 9780511930065 0511930062 9780521769488 0521769485
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-260) and index. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Dubreuil, Benoît, 1979- Human evolution and the origins of hierarchies. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 9780521769488

Table of Contents:

Introduction
A passion for equality?
Reversing dominance hierarchies
Homo sapiens in perspective
Hierarchy without the state
The origins of the state
Conclusion.