Origin of Human Social Institutions

Zusatztext ... prestigious volume. Klappentext These papers bring an interdisciplinary approach to bear on what is arguably the central question in the study of human social evolution: how did the simple hunting and foraging bands of the Upper Palaeolithic evolve into the institutionally complex societies of the so-called Neolithic Revolution? The contributors to this volume are leading experts from the fields of archaeology, anthropology, sociology, psychology, and game theory, all of whom share a common evolutionary perspective. The ideas presented here form a major addition to the widespread current interest in evolutionary theory as applied to human behaviour. Zusammenfassung These papers bring an interdisciplinary approach to bear on what is arguably the central question in the study of human social evolution: how did the simple hunting and foraging bands of the Upper Palaeolithic evolve into the in so-called Neolithic Revolution? Inhaltsverzeichnis From Sedentary Foragers to Village Hierarchies: the Emergence of Social Institutions Different Kinds of History: on the Nature of Lives and Change in Central Europe, c.6000-after 2000BC The Birth of Architecture Commodification and Institution in Group-oriented and Individualizing Societies Social Competition, Social Intelligence, and Why the Bugis Know More about Cooking than about Nutrition How and Why did Fairness Norms Evolve? Evolutionary Perspectives on the Origins of Human Social Institutions Institutional Evolution in the Holocene: The Rise of Complex Societies From Nature to Culture, from Culture to Society

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• Authors: British Academy, Runciman, W. G. Runciman, W. G. (Senior Research Fellow Runciman, Walter Garrison Runciman
• Assisted by: W G Runciman (Editor), W. G. Runciman (Editor), W. G. (Senior Research Fellow Runciman (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2001
• EAN: 9780197262504
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726250-4
• No. of pages: 270
• Series: Proceedings of the British Academy; Proceedings of the British Aca; Proceedings of the British Academy; Proceedings of the British Aca
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology