… 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 …

… , 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. …

… With regard to the place of Christopher Boehm’s work in DOE… They allege, wrongly, that we
reject Boehm’s (1999) central … emergence of egalitarian social arrangements; Boehm 1993: …

… , they are nonetheless qualitatively distinct systems of hierarchical social organization. …
1999). SDO is defined as the degree to which individuals favor and promote non-egalitarian and …

… to lead effectively in an egalitarian context where formal hierarchical structures are absent. …
a form of ’sociopolitical acumen’ (Boehm, 1999) that allows leaders to solve complex …

… co-evolved, moving humanity away from ape-like dominance hierarchies to the egalitarian
social … We share nearly 99% of our DNA with bonobos and chimpanzees, as well as 50% with …

… Wengrow are too hard on Christopher Boehm (2001) who … of an egalitarian stage of human
social development, prior to … with Boehm’s analysis of “Reverse Dominance Hierarchy” and …

… behavior exhibited by modern human forager groups as a baseline for our ancestral behavior
(Boehm 1999; Cronk 1999… structure of selection pressures and the resultant ecological and …

… Moreover, such schooling, by fostering competition that makes many children feel inferior
in academic matters, blocks the development of all children’s academic abilities, frustrating …