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[Question] When have we as a human species started to create social hierarchies? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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Does anyone have a estimated date or something like that?

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[โ€“] valar@lemmy.ca 3 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

I'd wager social heirarchy is as old as homo sapiens if not older

[โ€“] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Hard to think of any ape or monkeys that don't have hierarchies. Pulling back to all mammals, hierarchies are more common than not.