title: Rome was not built in one day: Underlying biological and cognitive factors responsible for the emergence of agriculture and ultrasociality.
abstract: Agriculture represented a major transition in human evolution, but the appearance of ultrasociality must have included previous steps. We argue that ultrasociality would not have suddenly emerged with agriculture, but rather developed from pre-existing cognitive and social mechanisms. Discussions must include necessary depth about the historical origins of human ultrasociality, and agriculture's aftereffects on large-scale social organization.
authors: Department of Psychology,University of North Florida,Jacksonville,FL 32224.j.grotuss.157764@unf.edus.beard@unf.eduhttp://grotuss.weebly.comhttp://wolfflabunf.weebly.com/about-sarah-beard.html.
authors: Jason
authors: J
authors: Grotuss
authors: Department of Psychology,University of North Florida,Jacksonville,FL 32224.j.grotuss.157764@unf.edus.beard@unf.eduhttp://grotuss.weebly.comhttp://wolfflabunf.weebly.com/about-sarah-beard.html.
authors: Sarah Jean
authors: SJ
authors: Beard
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D003071:Cognition; D003468:Cultural Evolution; D006801:Humans; D012924:Social Conditions