Society Against Nature: The Emergence of Human SocietiesHarvester Press, 1976 - 158 pages |
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... Monosexual satellite groups of sub - adult males usually gravitate on the fringe of such groups . Within the basic group strict hierarchical behaviour is observed ; the dominant male and master of ceremonies closely supervises his ...
... Monosexual satellite groups of sub - adult males usually gravitate on the fringe of such groups . Within the basic group strict hierarchical behaviour is observed ; the dominant male and master of ceremonies closely supervises his ...
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... monosexual life ; their intercourse with females is difficult and hazardous , owing to the dominant male group's constant supervision , and lasting heterosexual relationships are practically impossible . I should like to note in passing ...
... monosexual life ; their intercourse with females is difficult and hazardous , owing to the dominant male group's constant supervision , and lasting heterosexual relationships are practically impossible . I should like to note in passing ...
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... monosexual groups were always attacking the bisexual groups . In the course of one of these forays one of the assailants abducted most of the dominant male's females . Later a gang of seven males besieged a large group for ten days ...
... monosexual groups were always attacking the bisexual groups . In the course of one of these forays one of the assailants abducted most of the dominant male's females . Later a gang of seven males besieged a large group for ten days ...
Contents
Early Primates | 1 |
Societies Without Speech | 9 |
The Demands of Social Life | 15 |
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activities adaptation adolescents adult males affiliation societies alliances anthropoid aptitudes baboons basic become behaviour biological bipedalism chimpanzees clan Claude Lévi-Strauss constitute conventions correspond created culture depends differentiation distinct dominant male emergence endogamy environment established evolution evolutionary exchange existence exogamy fact father foraging function genetic hierarchy hominid Homo erectus human societies hunters hunting independent individual influence initiation instincts intellectual involved Jocasta kinship Laius less Lévi-Strauss living maintain male and female man's Marcel Mauss marriage masculine matrimonial means monkeys monosexual mother mutual natural natural selection non-reproductive objects observed Oedipus organic permanent phenomenon population predacity primate primitive societies prohibition of incest relations relationships represents reproduction restricted rhesus monkeys rituals Robert Jaulin sexes sexual sexual intercourse sexual reproduction significance skills social structure sons species status sub-group subordinate survival symbolic tendency territory Trobriand Islands unit whole woman women young