On Modeling the Evolution of Hunter‐Gatherer Decision‐Making Systems
1978; Wiley; Volume: 10; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1111/j.1538-4632.1978.tb00643.x
ISSN1538-4632
Autores Tópico(s)Primate Behavior and Ecology
ResumoModels of both primate and hunter‐gatherer decision‐making systems are developed and their relative abilities potentially to detect certain classes of spatial distributions within a standardized environment are compared. It is demonstrated that in situations where language facilitates the pooling of information between individuals within a hunter‐gatherer group, the group minimally need only to pool information with one central decision maker in order potentially to recognize all possible spatial distributions within a limited environment. On this basis alone, we would theoretically expect the presence of one‐leader groups to be a fairly ubiquitous phenomenon among hunter‐gatherers.
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