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1.5 The Neo-Primate Group
The main human group type before 'society' circa 50k years ago
Oct 30
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Michael G. Heller
1.4 Society ex-nihilo? Bad social science
Durkheim blunders into fairytales
Oct 21
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Michael G. Heller
1.3 The Undifferentiated Horde
‘Horde’ is a useful concept, but only when it is employed to symbolise the antithesis of society.
Oct 14
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Michael G. Heller
1.2 Evolutionary group selection
Conceptual oppositions between human ‘group’ categories will become obvious once we look at them in detail.
Oct 7
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Michael G. Heller
September 2025
1.1 The Politics of Becoming Human: Four Unrecorded Societies
An important midpoint in human evolution was the development of farming in the ancient Near East (aka South West Asia) from about 12,000 BCE.
Sep 29
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Michael G. Heller
Winners and Losers in Sumer
First evidence of competitive disputation
Sep 16
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Michael G. Heller
Decision making and sex [2]
Pitching Political Priorities to the People
Sep 7
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Michael G. Heller
Decision making and sex [1]
Pitching Personality in Prehistoric Politics
Sep 6
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Michael G. Heller
August 2025
Determinants of prehistoric group size
Fire and spirit vs egalitarian political indolence
Aug 27
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Michael G. Heller
The timing of the First Society
Rest in peace, Brian Fagan 1936-2025
Aug 21
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Michael G. Heller
Tournament of the testes
A prehistoric leadership hormone
Aug 13
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Michael G. Heller
Evolution by Competition
Critical texts of Aristotle, Hobbes, Kant, Darwin, Hayek
Aug 5
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Michael G. Heller
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