Social structure (hierarchical to egalitarian)

Associated Documents (1)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Caticha, Nestor, Calsaverini, Rafael S., Vincente, RenatoStatistical Mechanics of Social Hierarchies: A Mathematical Model for the Evolution of Human Soc...

Associated Hypotheses (2)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Caticha, Nestor, Calsaverini, Rafael S., Vincente, RenatoWhile social organization among humans and our evolutionary ancestors has tended to shift towards more egalitarian modes as encephalization occurred over the last few million years, it has generally been shifting back towards more hierarchical modes in the last several thousand years following the global population explosions of the Holocene.
Caticha, Nestor, Calsaverini, Rafael S., Vincente, RenatoModern non-literate humans tend to exhibit an intermediate degree of social hierarchy in mild climates, while in harsher climates the degree of social hierarchy tends to be correlated to the group size (with groups of less than 100 people tending to be more egalitarian, and those with more than 1000 members tending to be more hierarchical).

Associated OCMs

  1. classes
  2. territorial hierarchy