The Ritual Animal: Imitation and Cohesion in the Evolution of Social Complexity by Harvey Whitehouse

The Ritual Animal: Imitation and Cohesion in the Evolution of Social Complexity

Harvey Whitehouse

256 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

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From infancy, we copy those around us in order to be like others, to be one with the tribe. Other primates will copy behaviour that leads to transparent benefits, such as access to food, but only humans promiscuously copy actions that have no obvi...

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