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Humans are more complex than all other animals, so a wide variety of things affect status such as competence, looks/ornament, strength, humor, socioeconomic status etc. Humans are part of many hierarchies at the same time. | Humans are more complex than all other animals, so a wide variety of things affect status such as competence, looks/ornament, strength, humor, socioeconomic status etc. Humans are part of many hierarchies at the same time. | ||
Modern human status hierarchies are both larger and a lot more strict than natural ones that one finds in hunter-gatherers. For example status is explicitly represented e.g. by occupational prestige, income, educational qualifications etc. often within huge organizational or economic systems. Of course many of the ancient ways of organizing smaller hierarchies are nearly unchanged, e.g. the way people respect tall and strong men | Modern human status hierarchies are both larger and a lot more strict than natural ones that one finds in hunter-gatherers. For example status is explicitly represented e.g. by occupational prestige, income, educational qualifications etc. often within huge organizational or economic systems. Of course many of the ancient ways of organizing smaller hierarchies are nearly unchanged, e.g. the way people respect tall and strong men and also good looking people etc. | ||
Men's hierarchies revolve more around the ability to extract resources, but also looks. Sine men benefit from cooperation in resource extraction their intrasexual competition is more productive and cooperative than women's. | Men's hierarchies revolve more around the ability to extract resources, but also looks. Sine men benefit from cooperation in resource extraction their intrasexual competition is more productive and cooperative than women's. | ||