Category Archives: Social structure

Unique social structure of Hunter-gatherers explained

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Giorgio Bertini

Sex equality in residential decision-making explains the unique social structure of hunter-gatherers, a new UCL study reveals. Previous research has noted the low level of relatedness in hunter-gatherer bands. This is surprising because humans depend on close kin to raise … Continue reading →

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Sex Equality can explain the unique Social Structure of Hunter-gatherers

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Giorgio Bertini

The social organization of mobile hunter-gatherers has several derived features, including low within-camp relatedness and fluid meta-groups. Although these features have been proposed to have provided the selective context for the evolution of human hyper cooperation and cumulative culture, how … Continue reading →

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Network Ecology and Adolescent Social Structure

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Giorgio Bertini

Adolescent societies—whether arising from weak, short-term classroom friendships or from close, long-term friendships—exhibit various levels of network clustering, segregation, and hierarchy. Some are rank-ordered caste systems and others are flat, cliquish worlds. Explaining the source of such structural variation remains … Continue reading →

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