Antiquity and Social Functions of Multilevel Social Organization Among Human Hunter-Gatherers

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1215-1245

  Layton, Robert ^a   O'Hara, Sean ^b   Bilsborough, Alan ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bands; Communities; Hominin evolution; Homo heidelbergensis; Hunter gatherers; Social organization

Indexed keywords

HOMINID; HUMAN EVOLUTION; HUNTER-GATHERER; HUNTING; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SYMPATRY;

HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 84866735310     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-012-9634-z     Document Type: Article

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