Rome was not built in one day: Underlying biological and cognitive factors responsible for the emergence of agriculture and ultrasociality
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2016
Abstract
Agriculture represented a major transition in human evolution, but the appearance of ultrasociality must have included previous steps. We argue that ultrasociality would not have suddenly emerged with agriculture, but rather developed from pre-existing cognitive and social mechanisms. Discussions must include necessary depth about the historical origins of human ultrasociality, and agriculture's aftereffects on large-scale social organization.
Publication Title
The Behavioral and brain sciences
Volume
39
First Page
e100
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1017/S0140525X15001065
PubMed ID
27562680
E-ISSN
14691825
Citation Information
Grotuss, & Beard, S. J. (2016). Rome was not built in one day: Underlying biological and cognitive factors responsible for the emergence of agriculture and ultrasociality. The Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 39, e100–e100. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X15001065