Homo sapiens' nearest relatives live in hierarchical bands, but hunter-gatherer bands are egalitarian. Most agricultural societies are hierarchical. Was the reemergence of hierarchy cultural or did farming allow for the reappearance of previously culturally supressed hierarchical instincts?
by /u/Seswatha in /r/askscience
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