10.5b – The real Dawn of Everything: from socially liberal bands to conservative patriarchal tribes

How did human societies go from socially liberal, gender equal band societies to male dominated, gerontocratic, socially conservative tribal societies? Why did some societies maintain gender equality despite adopting gerontocracy and tribalism? Part 2 of a 4 part series tracking how human social evolution tracks the four quadrant political compass, and what we can learn from this to help create a better future TO SUPPORT MY EXISTENCE (I do not monetize my channel, and depend on donations in order to have the time make these episodes!): PAYPAL ONE TIME OR MONTHLY DONATIONS PATREON PER EPISODE DONATIONS KO-FI ONE TIME OR MONTHLY DONATIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY: (see bibliographies of episodes 6, 7, 7.1, 8, 10.1, 12.2) TRANSCRIPT: (coming soon) VIDEO VERSION (includes graphics, articles, visual gags, my punim, etc) RSS FEED tweeter: @worbsintowords ALL MUSIC BY STARSIXNINE (on subvert.fm NEW ARTIST OWNED COOP PLATFORM!) (bandcamp) (sportify) 0:00 Hello fellow kids / episode 1 recap 2:43 Episode 2 preview: from liberal egalitarianism, to conservative egalitarianism 3:53 Origins of agriculture 6:36 Agriculture, population pressure, surplus management and war 7:33 The Neolithic revolution 8:52 Origins of male dominance 11:36 Chronic conflict and patrilocal residence 13:40 Effects of lower female bargaining power 18:03 Patriarchal ideology and strict gender norms as a function of male bargaining advantage 20:00 Culture as an adaptation to material and social environment 23:05 Origins of sexual conservatism 25:35 Origins of tribalism and gerontocracy 26:16 Social conservatism, but economic egalitarianism 27:37 Pastoralism 30:13 Extended tribal organization 31:38 The Honour code 32:35 Male vs female honour 33:44 The neolithic y chromosom bottleneck 35:57 Economic and male political egalitarianism in pastoralism 37:42 Socially liberal tribal societies 38:37 Origins of matrilocal residence 39:56 Dudebros in matrilocal societies 40:55 Gender relations in matrilocal societies 43:36 Sex norms in matrilineal vs patrilineal societies 46:50 The importance of learning this stuff 48:19 Gimme 49:49 Next time, seeya https://archive.org/download/10.5-quadrant-02/10.5%20-%20QUADRANT%2002.mp3 WHAT IS POLITICS? is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/