An evolutionary model explaining the Neolithic transition from egalitarianism to leadership and despotism.
- Submitting institution
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Edinburgh Napier University
- Unit of assessment
- 11 - Computer Science and Informatics
- Output identifier
- 1110242
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1098/rspb.2014.1349
- Title of journal
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
- Article number
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- First page
- 20141349
- Volume
- 281
- Issue
- -
- ISSN
- 0962-8452
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- September
- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/suppl/10.1098/rspb.2014.1349
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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1
- Research group(s)
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- Citation count
- 40
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This paper uses computational modelling to resolve a fundamental paradox in anthropology, archeology, and biology: why would leadership evolve in human societies when leaders are often despotic and parasitise the group? The paper was covered by Science Magazine (S. Perkins, August 5th 2014), and was the subject of an article in The Conversation (August 6th, 2014, S. Powers). It was also featured on Live Science. The paper directly led to the PhD thesis of Cedric Perret (Edinburgh Napier, 2020), who went on to get a post-doc position in a bio-sciences group at the University of Exeter.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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