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Cyril C Grueter1,2, Larissa Swedell3,4,5
1School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia cyril.grueter@uwa.edu.auwww.cyrilgrueter.net.
Abstract:
We expand on Moffett's discussion of societies in the context of multilevel social systems, for which Moffett proposes the core unit to constitute a society. Moffett's definition of a society, however, suggests that it is more parsimonious to assign this label to the upper (band) level. An understanding of multilevel systems is critical for informing discussions about what a society is.
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