… Boehm contributes key theoretical concepts such as … dramatically altered the social structure
of the “Forest Troop”. … Christopher Boehm, a cultural anthropologist, provides a detailed …

… Politically egalitarian societies were likely more common in pre-history than in recent millenia.
Why did societies become more hierarchical? Answers to this question remain debated, …

… Christopher Boehm has called "reverse dominance hierarchy" … egalitarian Homo sapiens
communities (Boehm, 2012a). … and a persistent struggle for political equality (Boehm, 1999…

… Boehm, 1999). This transition did not happen overnight; … :“our forebears became
egalitarian only after they were able … Here we develop a gendered version of Boehm's reverse …

… in reverse dominance hierarchies. No individual could attain a rank above another (Boehm,
1999). Our psychology and cultural niches have been shaped by egalitarian conditions. This …

… We come from a long lineage of hierarchical animals for … Boehm (1999), emphasize the
egalitarianism of small communities. There are two important elements to this egalitarianism. The …

… University Press of Florida is the scholarly publishing … egalitarian ethic that uses humor,
shaming, and expectations about sharing to prevent material or status inequalities (Boehm 1999; …

… soon cite another authority as their ally:“As Christopher Boehm puts it, we seem doomed
to … ’: those who view humans as either innately hierarchical or innately egalitarian.” 14 (85-86) …

… , but the genes that once structured the egalitarian societies of hunter-gatherer societies
are unlikely to have evaporated. Perhaps they still structure the fairness norms we use today. …

… aggression amid evolutionarily-selected egalitarianism and cooperativity—including …
had diminished in the evolution to hunter-gatherer cooperativity, see eg, Boehm 1999). With …