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#545 - Chris Von Rueden - How Did Human Leadership Evolve?

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Defensible Resources Are Important in Coercive Leadership

If the resources are indefensible, then how would you be able to coerce people could leave more freely? So defensibility of resources is really much more powerful in driving up the degree of coercive leadership. But that also the effect of group size matters a lot too. And just societies and communities benefiting from leadership can also go up with larger groups.

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