title: Human agricultural economy is, and likely always was, largely based on kinship - Why?
abstract: We question the sequence of evolutionary transitions leading to ultrasociality in humans proposed by Gowdy & Krall. Evidence indicates that families are, and likely always have been, the primary productive units in human agricultural economies, suggesting that genetic relatedness is key to understanding when the suppression of individual autonomy to the benefit of subsistence groups, that is, extended families, evolved.
authors: Experimental and Applied Psychology,Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam,1081 BT Amsterdam,The Netherlands.h.rusch@vu.nl.
authors: Hannes
authors: H
authors: Rusch
authors: Philosophy of Biology,Justus-Liebig University Giessen,D-35394 Giessen,Germany.http://www.uni-giessen.de/cms/fbz/fb04/institute/philosophie/biophil.
authors: Eckart
authors: E
authors: Voland
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D005075:Biological Evolution; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans