Hierarchy in the forest : the evolution of egalitarian behavior /

"Are humans by nature hierarchical or egalitarian? Hierarchy in the Forest addresses this question by examining the evolutionary origins of social and political behavior. Christopher Boehm, an anthropologist whose fieldwork has focused on the political arrangements of human and nonhuman primate...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Boehm, Christopher (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999.
Temas:
Human evolution.
Social evolution.
Hunting and gathering societies.
Primates > Evolution.
Social evolution in animals.
Political anthropology.
Cultural Evolution
Êtres humains > Évolution.
Évolution sociale.
Chasseurs-cueilleurs.
Primates > Évolution.
Évolution sociale chez les animaux.
Anthropologie politique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Physical.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
Human evolution
Hunting and gathering societies
Political anthropology
Primates > Evolution
Social evolution
Social evolution in animals
Sociale evolutie.
Sociale ongelijkheid.
Sociale gelijkheid.
Politieke aspecten.
Primaten.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Are humans by nature hierarchical or egalitarian? Hierarchy in the Forest addresses this question by examining the evolutionary origins of social and political behavior. Christopher Boehm, an anthropologist whose fieldwork has focused on the political arrangements of human and nonhuman primate groups, postulates that egalitarianism is in effect a hierarchy in which the weak combine forces to dominate the strong."--Jacket
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 292 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-280) and index.
ISBN:9780674028449
0674028449
0674006917
9780674006911
0674390318
9780674390317

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