Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-352) and index.
Contents
A brief history of primate time on earth -- The weakness of weak ties -- Societal protoplasm : in search of primal horde -- The strength of strong ties : new basis of primate solidarity -- The emergence of culture -- The emergence of human society : hunting and gathering -- The rise of horticulture -- Agrarian societies -- The rise of industrial and post-industrial societies -- Strangers in a strange land : evolved apes living in sociocultural cages.
