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#### [[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]]
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**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]]