Perhaps a tad over-simplified in this article, but Simon Powers, a postdoctoral researcher in ecology and evolution at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland has undertaken some computer modelling to research the origins of hierarchy and early state formation in Egypt. During the Neolithic Period, — which began about 10,000 years ago — agriculture began to replace hunting and gathering as the principal means for obtaining food. At the same time, societies in which everyone had been more or less equal began to schism into classes, with clear leaders emerging. In many cases, these leaders held absolute power.. Read on here: livescience/47284-how-stone-age-despots-evolved.html
Posted on: Sun, 07 Sep 2014 17:00:02 +0000
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