The first institutional spheres in human societies : evolution and adaptations from foraging to the threshold of modernity /

"This book expands a foundational definition of the institution, one which locates them as the basic building blocks of human societies - as structural and cultural machines for survival that make it possible to pass precious knowledge from one generation to the next, ensuring the survival of o...

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Main Authors: Abrutyn, Seth
Group Author: Turner, Jonathan H.
Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
Publisher Address: New York, NY :
Publication Dates: 2022.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Evolutionary analysis in the social sciences
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Summary: "This book expands a foundational definition of the institution, one which locates them as the basic building blocks of human societies - as structural and cultural machines for survival that make it possible to pass precious knowledge from one generation to the next, ensuring the survival of our species"--
Carrier Form: x, 472 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 416-455) and index.
ISBN: 9781032124087
1032124083
9781032124131
103212413X
Index Number: HM826
CLC: C912.21
Call Number: C912.21/A164