Letter/Communication
Ultrasociality, class, threat, and intentionality in human society
The Behavioral and brain sciences, v 39, pp e107-e107
Jan 2016
PMID: 27561750
Abstract
Gowdy & Krall neglect an important aspect of human societies, which is that class systems are not genetically based but rather based on threat. In turn, threat presupposes intentionality, so seems to distinguish human from arthropod ultrasociality. Class systems, in turn, seem to explain the distinctive mixture of persistence and instability characteristic of human, but not arthropod, ultrasocial populations.
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- Title
- Ultrasociality, class, threat, and intentionality in human society
- Creators
- Roger A McCain - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- The Behavioral and brain sciences, v 39, pp e107-e107
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Resource Type
- Letter/Communication
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Economics (School of Economics)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000389602500016
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85053502640
- Other Identifier
- 991019168001104721
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