Stone Age Social Networks May Have Resembled Ours
If you ever sit back and wonder what it might have been like to live in the late Pleistocene, you’re not alone. That's right about when humans emerged from a severe population bottleneck and began to expand globally. But, apparently, life back then might not have been too different than how we live today (that is, without the cars, the written language, and of course, the smartphone). In this week’s Nature, a group of researchers suggest that we share many social characteristics with humans that lived in the late Pleistocene, and that these ancient humans may have paved the way for us to cooperate with each other.Modern human social networks share several features, whether they operate within a group of schoolchildren in San Francisco or a community of millworkers in Bulgaria. The number of social ties a person has, the probability that two of a person’s friends are also friends, and the inclination for similar people to be connected are all very regular across groups of people liv
Stone Age Social Networks May Have Resembled Ours
Ancient Stone Age humans may have paved the way for their modern brethren -- us -- to cooperate with each other by developing the first sets of what are now-common social characteristics.
Fri 27 Jan 12 from Wired Science
Born to conform
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Wed 25 Jan 12 from Discover Magazine
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New study of hunter-gatherers suggests social networks sparked evolution of cooperation
Ancient humans may not have had the luxury of updating their Facebook status, but social networks were nevertheless an essential component of their lives, a new study suggests.
Wed 25 Jan 12 from PhysOrg
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With a little help from our ancient friends, Wed 25 Jan 12 from e! Science News
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Current social networks may have been present in the earliest modern humans
If you ever sit back and wonder what it might have been like to live in the late Pleistocene, you’re not alone. That's right about when humans emerged from a severe population bottleneck ...
Thu 26 Jan 12 from Ars Technica
Tanzania's Hadza group sheds light on ancient social networks
The Hadza, who live primitively in Tanzania, have social networks similar to modern ones. People prefer the company of those with attitudes similar to their own, a study finds.Long before Facebook ...
Wed 25 Jan 12 from L.A. Times
Ancient Tanzania Had Early Social Network
Who?d have thought Facebook was popular in an ancient Tanzania culture? Well it wasn?t, but the people of the Hadza group exhibited many of the ?friending? habits familiar to today?s Facebook ...
Thu 26 Jan 12 from RedOrbit
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