Journal article

Human agricultural economy is, and likely always was, largely based on kinship - Why?


Authors list: Rusch, Hannes; Voland, Eckart

Publication year: 2016

Journal: Behavioral and Brain Sciences: An International Journal of Current Research and Theory with Open Peer Commentary

Volume number: 39

ISSN: 0140-525X

eISSN: 1469-1825

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X15001168

Publisher: Cambridge University Press


Abstract: 
We question the sequence of evolutionary transitions leading to ultrasociality in humans proposed by Gowdy & Krall. Evidence indicates that families are, and likely always have been, the primary productive units in human agricultural economies, suggesting that genetic relatedness is key to understanding when the suppression of individual autonomy to the benefit of subsistence groups, that is, extended families, evolved.



Citation Styles

Harvard Citation style: Rusch, H. and Voland, E. (2016) Human agricultural economy is, and likely always was, largely based on kinship - Why?, Behavioral and Brain Sciences: An International Journal of Current Research and Theory with Open Peer Commentary, 39, Article e112. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X15001168

APA Citation style: Rusch, H., & Voland, E. (2016). Human agricultural economy is, and likely always was, largely based on kinship - Why?. Behavioral and Brain Sciences: An International Journal of Current Research and Theory with Open Peer Commentary. 39, Article e112. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X15001168


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