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Egalitarian Behavior and Reverse Dominance Hierarchy

Christopher Boehm · Current Anthropology 34(3), 227–254 · 1993

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Christopher Boehm
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DOI 10.1086/204166
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2026-09-01

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TheoryChristopher Boehm argued that egalitarian foraging bands are sustained by a reverse dominance hierarchy, in which the weak combine forces to dominate the strong and so keep would-be dominators in check.