Understanding the jaggedness in social complexity is more important
A clear definition of society helps prevent conceptual misunderstanding. When making practical measurement of societies, it is worth noting that social complexity is actually a jagged concept that encompasses multiple weakly correlated dimensions. Understanding such jaggedness assists interpretation of the divergence between anonymous societies and the social brain hypothesis.
Authors
- Tao Gong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0587-7544)
- Lei Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7058-2577)
Institutions
- Google (United States) (US)
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Behavioral and Brain Sciences
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x24001080
- Primary Topic
- Language and cultural evolution
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00