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Self-Domestication in Early Humans
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Self-domestication in early humans can be seen with the creation of hunter-gatherer bands to organize and take out problematic individuals using extended weapons and tools, leading to the development of an egalitarian culture, according to experts.

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Humble males in hunter-gatherer bands would organize and take out problematic individuals using weapons, leading to cooperative and egalitarian cultures.
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Self-domestication
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Humble males in hunter-gatherer bands would organize and take out problematic individuals using weapons, leading to cooperative and egalitarian cultures. The Dunbar number suggests that humans can only maintain personal relationships with around 150 individuals.

Chapter
Self-Domestication in Early Humans
Episode
#292 - Rob Henderson - Signalling: Why You Do The Things You Do
Podcast
Modern Wisdom
Researchers use measures such as chest pressure and other participants perform socially stressful tasks to determine if social exclusion and damage to one's status feels similar to actual physical pain.
28:33 - 36:58 (08:25)
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Social Stress
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Researchers use measures such as chest pressure and other participants perform socially stressful tasks to determine if social exclusion and damage to one's status feels similar to actual physical pain.

Chapter
Self-Domestication in Early Humans
Episode
#292 - Rob Henderson - Signalling: Why You Do The Things You Do
Podcast
Modern Wisdom