The multiple dimensions of male social status in an Amazonian society

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 402-415

  von Rueden, Christopher ^a   Gurven, Michael ^a   Kaplan, Hillard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Forager Horticulturalists; Hierarchy; Social status; Stratification; Tsimane

Indexed keywords

EID: 53749105706     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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