How Did Human Leadership Evolve? - Chris Von Rueden - #545
Chris von Rueden is an anthropologist and Associate Professor at the University of Richmond who researches how humans form status hierarchies and the evolution of human cooperation. We take it for granted that there are leaders in modern society....
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Summary
Chris von Rueden is an anthropologist and Associate Professor at the University of Richmond who researches how humans form status hierarchies and the evolution of human cooperation.
We take it for granted that there are leaders in modern society. Presidents, prime ministers, kings and queens. Hierarchies are baked into our world, but what did leadership look like in an ancestral environment and why did it evolve in the first place?
Expect to learn the two ways that primitive leaders could command respect from a group, why followership evolved at all in humans, why the Female Leadership Paradox exists, how leadership and hierarchies change as group size increases, whether leaders are altruistic or selfish and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(00:31) Evolutionary Importance of Leadership
(05:14) Human Coordination with Non-Family Members
(10:46) Similar Traits Between Humans & Animals
(14:31) Does Gender Impact Leadership?
(19:27) Regulating Leader/Follower Dynamics
(27:47) Leadership Patterns from Non-Mammals
(40:06) The Secrecy of Modern Leadership
(46:37) Link Between Female Status & Reproductive Success
(54:11) Where to Find Chris
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