An individual–orientated model of the emergence of despotic and egalitarian societies

摘要: Single behavioural differences between egalitarian and despotic animal societies are often assumed to reflect specific adaptations. However, in the present paper, I will show an individual–orientated model, how many traits of virtual arise as emergent characteristics. The artificial entities live a homogeneous world only aggregate, upon meeting one another may perform dominance interactions which effects winning losing self–reinforcing. behaviour these is studied similar way that real animals. It be shown by varying intensity aggression only, switch from societies. Differences two types society appear correspond closely those macaque species world. In addition, clearer spatial centrality dominants and, counter–intuitively, more rank overlap sexes than ones. Because correspondence with patterns animals, model makes it worthwhile comparing for socio–spatial structure too. Furthermore, presents us parsimonious hypotheses can tested animals aggression, distribution social positive sexual behaviour.