Human Evolution and the Origins of Hierarchies: The State of Nature

Benoît Dubreuil

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511780035

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.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-viii

List of Figures
pp ix-x

List of Tables
pp xi-xii

Preface
pp xiii-xvi

Introduction
pp 1-8

1 - A Passion for Equality?
pp 9-50

2 - Reversing Dominance Hierarchies
pp 51-90

3 - Homo sapiens in Perspective
pp 91-137

4 - Hierarchy without the State
pp 138-187

5 - The Origins of the State
pp 188-226

Conclusion
pp 227-230

References
pp 231-260

Index
pp 261-271

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