Guillaume Calmettes
Guillaume Calmettes is a researcher and first author of the 2017 model of the emergence of egalitarianism.
Who they are
The work of Guillaume Calmettes reaches this site through the paper listed below. The name is tied to Reverse Dominance Hierarchy, Gossip.
Key papers
Calmettes, G., & Weiss, J. N. (2017). The emergence of egalitarianism in a model of early human societies. Heliyon. What it reports: Population model with self-centred individuals who wish to dominate and dislike being dominated. Egalitarianism emerged spontaneously once language, especially gossip, allowed coalitions against dominant individuals, giving power sharing without altruistic traits. A simulation, not field data.
Key ideas
Reverse Dominance Hierarchy: A small band's collective holding down of anyone who would dominate it, through gossip, teasing and shared sanction.
Gossip: Everyday talk about who did what, the low-cost end of norm enforcement.
Sources
- Calmettes, G., & Weiss, J. N. (2017). The emergence of egalitarianism in a model of early human societies. Heliyon.