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Modern human status hierarchies are both larger and a lot more strict than the natural ones that one finds in hunter-gatherers.<ref>https://www.amazon.com/dp/1594205078</ref> | Modern human status hierarchies are both larger and a lot more strict than the natural ones that one finds in hunter-gatherers.<ref>https://www.amazon.com/dp/1594205078</ref> | ||
For example status is explicitly represented e.g. by occupational prestige, income, educational qualifications etc. often within large organizational or economic systems. But many of the ancient ways of organizing smaller hierarchies exist nearly unchanged, e.g. the way people respect tall and strong men and also good looking people | For example status is explicitly represented e.g. by occupational prestige, income, educational qualifications etc. often within large organizational or economic systems. But many of the ancient ways of organizing smaller hierarchies exist nearly unchanged, e.g. the way people automatically respect tall and strong men and also good looking or otherwise dominant looking people.<ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1948550617732388</ref> | ||
Men's hierarchies revolve more around the ability to extract resources, but also looks. Since 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. Since men benefit from cooperation in resource extraction, their intrasexual competition is more productive and cooperative than women's. | ||