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Hierarchy in the Forest - The Evolution of Egalitarian Behavior (Paperback, Revised): Christopher Boehm

Hierarchy in the Forest - The Evolution of Egalitarian Behavior (Paperback, Revised)

Christopher Boehm

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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.

The political flexibility of our species is formidable: we can be quite egalitarian, we can be quite despotic. "Hierarchy in the Forest" traces the roots of these contradictory traits in chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, and early human societies. Boehm looks at the loose group structures of hunter-gatherers, then at tribal segmentation, and finally at present-day governments to see how these conflicting tendencies are reflected.

"Hierarchy in the Forest" claims new territory for biological anthropology and evolutionary biology by extending the domain of these sciences into a crucial aspect of human political and social behavior. This book will be a key document in the study of the evolutionary basis of genuine altruism.

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Imprint:	Harvard University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2001
First published:	November 2001
Authors:	Christopher Boehm
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	304
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-674-00691-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Evolution Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Animal behaviour Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Biological anthropology > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Vertebrates > Mammals > Primates
LSN:	0-674-00691-7
Barcode:	9780674006911