von Rueden, Chris and Redhead, Daniel J and O'Gorman, Rick and Gurven, Michael and Kaplan, Hillard (2019) The dynamics of men’s cooperation and social status in a small-scale society. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286 (1908). p. 20191367. DOI https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1367
von Rueden, Chris and Redhead, Daniel J and O'Gorman, Rick and Gurven, Michael and Kaplan, Hillard (2019) The dynamics of men’s cooperation and social status in a small-scale society. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286 (1908). p. 20191367. DOI https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1367
von Rueden, Chris and Redhead, Daniel J and O'Gorman, Rick and Gurven, Michael and Kaplan, Hillard (2019) The dynamics of men’s cooperation and social status in a small-scale society. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286 (1908). p. 20191367. DOI https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1367
Abstract
We propose that networks of cooperation and allocation of social status co-emerge in human groups. We substantiate this hypothesis with one of the first longitudinal studies of cooperation in a preindustrial society, spanning 8 years. Using longitudinal social network analysis of cooperation among men, we find large effects of kinship, reciprocity and transitivity in the nomination of cooperation partners over time. Independent of these effects, we show that (i) higher-status individuals gain more cooperation partners, and (ii) individuals gain status by cooperating with individuals of higher status than themselves. We posit that human hierarchies are more egalitarian relative to other primates species, owing in part to greater interdependence between cooperation and status hierarchy.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | cooperation; egalitarianism; hierarchy; social networks; social status |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Psychology, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 07 Aug 2019 13:11 |
Last Modified: | 07 Aug 2024 20:10 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/25092 |
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