> [!infobox] <s class="aside-in"><em>mentioned in 3 evergreens</em></s> #### [[Were hunter-gatherer societies egalitarian]] - part of:: [[Did hunter-gatherers lead better lives than us]] - works with:: [[What is the origin of social hierarchy]] [[David Sloan Wilson]] believes that [[hunter-gatherers]] were egalitarian through a [[social control]] called reverse dominance, which is an element of social [[game theory]]. This lines up with his belief that [[Social control promotes highly altruistic behavior within groups]] - [[hunter-gatherers]] may have also had high levels of [[social control]] from [[religion]]'s like [[Animism]] and that lead to sites like [[Gobekli Tepe]] #TO/TEND/WATER - [[Hunter-gatherer societies were very diverse]] - [[Hunter-gathers were capable of mass cooperation]] - involves:: [[What is the link between evolution and social behavior]] ### <hr class="footnote"/> **Status**:: #EVER/SEED *edited 7:35 AM - July 08, 2022* **Topics**:: [[egalitarianism]], [[anthropology]], [[prehistory]], [[hunter-gatherers]] #### References ![[Darwin's Cathedral by David Sloan Wilson#citation]] > ![[10_Sources/books - Darwin's Cathedral#^291449824]] > ![[10_Sources/books - Darwin's Cathedral#^291449825]]