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X-WR-CALNAME:The Evolution of Societal Patriarchy (Discussion Seminar)
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DESCRIPTION:Our March 2022 Tanner Lectures are given by Richard Wrangham\, 
 the Ruth Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology in the Department of H
 uman Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. The overall title of thes
 e lectures is: "The Evolution of Societal Patriarchy."\n\nA unique and puz
 zling feature of human behavior is that individuals routinely sacrifice th
 eir own selfish interests for the sake of a wider good. Conventional theor
 y has failed to explain the evolution of this “groupishness.” Wrangham
  argues that human groupishness evolved as a result of a novel ability: un
 like other species\, Homo sapiens could use language to conspire against r
 esented rivals and kill them. Victims of these executions tended to be dom
 ineering bullies\, nonconformists and other kinds of selfish personalities
 . Socially approved executions meant that antisocial behavior was selected
  against\, while groupishness became positively favored. This evolutionary
  process led to the domination of social groups by coalitions of breeding 
 males\, a system that continues today in the form of societal patriarchy.\
 n\nThis discussion seminar focuses on both Lecture 1\, "Human Groupishness
 " and Lecture 2\, "The Origins of Societal Patriarchy and its Moral Conseq
 uences."\n\nComments will be given by Richard Klein (Anthropology and Biol
 ogy\, Stanford) and Ian Morris (Classics\, Stanford).
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LOCATION:Denning House\, 201
SUMMARY:The Evolution of Societal Patriarchy (Discussion Seminar)
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 atriarchy_discussion_seminar
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