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"Models casting egalitarian societies as crucibles of equality perpetuate the factually uninformed notion that foragers are somehow more noble. Critiques portray egalitarianism as romantic fantasy. Neither characterization is wholly justified."
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"Models casting egalitarian societies as crucibles of equality perpetuate the factually uninformed notion that foragers are somehow more noble. Critiques portray egalitarianism as romantic fantasy. Neither characterization is wholly justified."
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Egalitarianism is not Equality: Moving from outcome to process in the study of human political organisation | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core
Egalitarianism is not Equality: Moving from outcome to process in the study of human political organisation
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"Models casting egalitarian societies as crucibles of equality perpetuate the factually uninformed notion that foragers are somehow more noble. Critiques portray egalitarianism as romantic fantasy. Neither characterization is wholly justified."
doi.org/10.1017/S014...
"Models casting egalitarian societies as crucibles of equality perpetuate the factually uninformed notion that foragers are somehow more noble. Critiques portray egalitarianism as romantic fantasy. Neither characterization is wholly justified."
doi.org/10.1017/S014...
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🚨 With Jessame Thomson (rockstar undergrad), Chris von Rueden, & @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social, we examine cross-cultural variation six mechanisms that help maintain egalitarianism in four African hunter-gatherer groups. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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🚨 With Jessame Thomson (rockstar undergrad), Chris von Rueden, & @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social, we examine cross-cultural variation six mechanisms that help maintain egalitarianism in four African hunter-gatherer groups. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Dynamics of Polygyny in Hunter-Gatherer Societies, Part 1
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Dynamics of Polygyny in Hunter-Gatherer Societies, Part 1
I have been writing about polygyny for years now.
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Dynamics of Polygyny in Hunter-Gatherer Societies, Part 1
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