The Origin of Human Social Institutions edited by W.G. Runciman
This superb work brings an interdisciplinary approach to what is arguably the central question in the study of human social evolution: how did the simple hunting and foraging bands of the Upper Palaeolithic evolve into the institutionally complex societies of the so-called Neolithic Revolution? The contributors are leading experts from the fields of archaeology, anthropology, sociology, psychology, and game theory, all of whom share a common evolutionary perspective.
British Academy, 2001.
ISBN: 9780197262504. 259 pp.
Hardcover. Near fine in a near fine jacket.