Overview

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.

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Author:   W. G. Runciman (, Senior Research Fellow, Trinity College; Fellow of the British Academy)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Volume:   110
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.601kg
ISBN:  

9780197262504

ISBN 10:   0197262503
Pages:   270
Publication Date:   04 October 2001
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Ofer Bar-Yosef: From Sedentary Foragers to Village Hierarchies: the Emergence of Social Institutions Alasdair Whittle: Different Kinds of History: on the Nature of Lives and Change in Central Europe, c.6000-after 2000BC Richard Bradley: The Birth of Architecture Colin Renfrew: Commodification and Institution in Group-oriented and Individualizing Societies Jerome Barkow: Social Competition, Social Intelligence, and Why the Bugis Know More about Cooking than about Nutrition Kenneth Binmore: How and Why did Fairness Norms Evolve? Robert Foley: Evolutionary Perspectives on the Origins of Human Social Institutions Peter J. Richerson and Robert Boyd: Institutional Evolution in the Holocene: The Rise of Complex Societies W. G. Runciman: From Nature to Culture, from Culture to Society

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... prestigious volume. The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

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