Across species, social hierarchies are often governed by dominance relations. In humans,
where there are multiple culturally valued axes of distinction, social hierarchies can take a …

This chapter reviews the long-run developments in the distribution of personal income and
wealth. It also discusses suggested explanations for the observed patterns. We try to answer …

The purpose of the present paper is to disentangle the mechanisms that connect climate
change-induced disasters, inequality and vulnerability by accounting for both directions of …

Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic
inequality? To judge by thousands of years of history, the answer is yes. Tracing the global …

Human cultural traits—behaviors, ideas, and technologies that can be learned from other
individuals—can exhibit complex patterns of transmission and evolution, and researchers …

Socioeconomic differences in behaviour are pervasive and well documented, but their
causes are not yet well understood. Here, we make the case that a cluster of behaviours is …

How wealth is distributed among households provides insight into the fundamental
characters of societies and the opportunities they afford for social mobility,. However …

The behavior of women and men varies greatly depending on situations, cultures, and
historical periods. This flexibility emerges as men and women tailor their division of labor to …

Behavioral researchers increasingly recognize the need for more diverse samples that
capture the breadth of human experience. Current attempts to establish generalizability …

Humans, unlike any other multicellular species in Earth's history, have emerged as a global
force that is transforming the ecology of an entire planet. It is no longer possible to …